motor

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

名词 motor:

1. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
2. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

动词 motor:

1. travel or be transported in a vehicle
   同义词：drive

形容词 motor:

1. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
   同义词：centrifugal
2. causing or able to cause motion
   同义词：motive

1. All this year's new models are displayed at the motor show.
   汽车展览会上展出了今年所有的新型号。
2. That young man is a motor mechanic.
   那个年轻人是一个汽车修理工。
3. We switched off the motor and started to drift (along).
   我们关闭发动机开始滑行。
4. I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.
   我停住汽车，让发动机空转。
5. Tell him to shut off the motor.
   告诉他把发动机关掉。
6. They spent a week motoring through Italy.
   他们花了一星期，驾车周游意大利。
7. The machines are driven by electric motors.
   这些机器都是由电动机驱动的。

mo.tor

n.（名词）
Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.
发动机：可以引起或给予动力的物体，如机械或引擎等
A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.
电动机马达：能把任何形式的能量转换机械能的一种装置，尤指内燃型发动机或一组能把电流转化为机械动力的线圈和磁铁
A motor vehicle, especially an automobile.
机车：机动车，尤指汽车
adj.（形容词）
Causing or producing motion:
原动的：引起或者产生运动的：
例句：
motor power.
原动力

Driven by or having a motor.
有发动机的：由发动机驱动的或有发动机的
Of or for motors or motor vehicles:
汽车的：引擎或机车的、与之有关的或为之设计的：
例句：
motor oil.
机车油

Of, relating to, or designating nerves that carry impulses from the nerve centers to the muscles.
运动神经的：有关或指示神经把冲动从中枢神经传到肌肉的
Involving or relating to movements of the muscles:
肌肉运动的：涉及或有关肌肉运动的：
例句：
motor coordination; a motor reflex.
肌肉运动的协调；肌肉运动反射

v.（动词）
mo.tored,mo.tor.ing,mo.tors
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To drive or travel in a motor vehicle.
驾车或乘车旅行
v.tr.（及物动词）
To carry by motor vehicle.
用汽车运送

来源：
Middle English motour [prime mover]
中古英语 motour [发动机]
from Latin môtor
源自 拉丁语 môtor
from môtus [past participle of] movôre [to move] * see meu…-
源自 môtus [] movôre的过去分词 [移动] *参见 meu…-