motor

• n. 发动机，马达；汽车
• adj. 汽车的；机动的
• vi. 乘汽车
• vt. 以汽车载运

来自拉丁语motor,移动者，运动者，词源同move.引申词义发动机，马达，汽车等。

1. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

2. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion;

"happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"

motor

motor: [16] The most direct English descendant of Latin movēre ‘move’ is of course move, but several more have found their way into the language via derivatives. From mōtiō ‘movement’ comes motion [15] (and its collateral forms commotion [15], emotion, and promotion [15]); from mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ come motivate [19], motive [14], and (via modern French) motif [19]; and mōtor ‘mover’ has given motor.

Originally this was used for the rather generalized notion of a ‘moving force’; the modern application to an ‘engine’ did not emerge until the mid-19th century. Also from movēre come English moment and mutiny.
=> commotion, emotion, moment, motif, motion, motive, move, mutiny, promotion

motor (n.)

mid-15c., "controller, prime mover," from Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). From 15c. as "controller, prime mover" (in reference to God); sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" is from 1970.

motor (v.)

1896, from motor (n.). Related: Motored; motoring.

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

这些名词均有"机器，装置"之意。

machine： 普通用词，泛指一切机器。

machinery： 指机器的总称。

mechanism： 指运行系统，简单的机械装置。

apparatus： 指具有特殊用途的装置。

engine： 既可泛指或大或小、简单或复杂的机械、机器，又可指产生动力的发动机或引擎。

motor： 通常指小型或轻型马达、发动机。

Soon, members of the Royal family and other wealthy people took up motoring as a sport.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

It was actually a tricycle with a petrol motor at the rear.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

It is usually agreed that a German, Karl Benz, built the first motor car in 1885.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Today's presentation will show how we see the development of the motor car in the short to medium term, and that is why we have invited all of you here today.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Trends for the development of the motor car

出自-2013年6月听力原文

They can match conventional motor cars in performance and safety.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

It was not known, however, whether central fatigue might also affect motor systems not directly involved in the exercise itself, such as those that move the eyes.

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Service stations came with the motor way and the legend of the transport café was born.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

The bypass hailed a new era in motor travel and was greeted with excitement and optimism.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

with the popularity of the car, registration became a must in 1903 with the Motor Car Act.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work; the rest is lost or rejected, radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, boilers and all the energy-consuming machinery that makes American’s wheel go around.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

A recent study shows that meat consumption is one of the main ways that human can damage the environment, second only to the use of motor vehicles.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The 500 UK motors workers who had been on strike in High Town for the past 3 three weeks went back to work this morning.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

How about selling that new motor cycle of yours in Indonesia?

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

Researchers are already asking if motor vehicle use has reached its peak and will decline, but transport planners have yet to catch up with this trend, instead of laying new roads to tackle traffic jams.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Besides the learning of motor skills, what are the other important objectives of youth sport?

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 题设

The California department of motor vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Third, youth-sport programs are critical for the learning of motor skills, these motor skills serve as a foundation for future national sport stars and recreational adult-sport participants.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitt

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

an electric motor

电动机

牛津词典

He started the motor.

他启动了发动机。

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motor vehicles

机动车辆

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the motor industry/trade

汽车工业 / 贸易

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a motor accident

机动车事故

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motor insurance

汽车保险

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motor fuel

汽车燃料

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uncoordinated motor activity

不协调的肌肉运动

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Both motor and sensory functions are affected.

运动功能和感觉功能都受到影响。

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[不可数名词]They're planning a motoring holiday to France this year.

他们计划今年驾车到法国去度假。

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She got in and started the motor.

她坐上车，发动了引擎。

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Theft of motor vehicles is up by 15.9%.

机动车辆偷盗案上升了15.9%。

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...the future of the British motor industry...

英国汽车工业的未来

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He worked as a motor mechanic.

他是一名汽车修理工。

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I had motored down from Cheshire.

我从柴郡一路南下开过来。

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Restarting the engine, we motored downriver.

我们重新启动马达，沿河而下。

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This is an induction motor.

这是台感应电动机.

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The motor coughed and spat.

马达发出似咳嗽和呼噜的声音.

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Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry.

牛津城已经被汽车工业毁掉了.

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The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.

汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了.

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The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor.

绳子把轮子缠住, 电动机就不转了.

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I get a big kick from [ out of ] motor racing .

我觉得 赛车 很刺激.

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