horsepower
英['h??spa??]
美['h?rs'pa??]
- n. 馬力（功率單位）
詞態變化
復數:?horsepowers;
中文詞源
horsepower 馬力
horse,馬，power,能量。即馬的力量，后來被物理學家用來指能量單位。
英文詞源
- horsepower (n.)
- 1806, from horse (n.) + power (n.); established by Watt as the power needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, which is actually about 1.5 times the power of a strong horse.
雙語例句
- 1. a powerful car with a 170 horsepower engine
- 發動機為170馬力的大功率汽車
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The worshiper thinks that the worst is the insufficient horsepower.
- 崇拜者認為最壞的事是馬力不足.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The engine puts out thirty horsepower.
- 這臺發動機可產生30馬力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2500 - horsepower engine.
- 它的車身長30英尺,有一個2500馬力的發動機.
來自新概念英語第二冊
- 5. The engine has more than 4,000 horsepower.
- 這臺發動機馬力超過4，000。
來自辭典例句