engine

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

名词 engine:

1. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
2. something used to achieve a purpose
3. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
   同义词：locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive

1. What's the cubic capacity of this engine?
   这台发动机的立体容积是多少？
2. There was a puff of steam from the engine before it stopped.
   机车喷出一股蒸气後就停了下来。
3. Those are the components of an engine.
   那些是发动机的部件。
4. Press this button to start the engine.
   按这个按钮开动引擎。
5. He lost one of the pieces of his model engine.
   他的火车头模型缺了一个零件。
6. There must be something wrong with the engine of my car.
   我汽车的引擎一定是出故障了。

en.gine

n.Abbr. eng.（名词）缩写 eng.

A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
引擎，发动机：把能量转化为机械力和运动的一种机器
Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.
燃料发动机：因其使用燃料而与电动、发条驱动或液压发动机而区别的机械装置

A mechanical appliance, instrument, or tool:
机械装置，器械，工具：
例句：
engines of war.
战争武器

An agent, an instrument, or a means of accomplishment.
工具：用来实现某一目的的事物、手段或工具
A locomotive.
火车头
A fire engine.
消防车
v.tr.（及物动词）
en.gined,en.gin.ing,en.gines
To equip with an engine or engines.
给…装上发动机

来源：
Middle English engin [skill, machine]
中古英语 engin [技艺，机器]
from Old French [innate ability]
源自 古法语 [天生的才能，固有的能力]
from Latin ingenium * see gen…-
源自 拉丁语 ingenium *参见 gen…-