locomotive
英[l??k?'m??t?v]
美[,lok?'mot?v]
- adj. 火車頭的；運(yùn)動(dòng)的；移動(dòng)的
- n. 機(jī)車；火車頭
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?locomotives;
中文詞源
locomotive 移動(dòng)的，火車頭
來(lái)自locomotion,移動(dòng)，運(yùn)動(dòng)，引申詞義機(jī)車，火車頭。
英文詞源
- locomotive
- locomotive: [17] Locomotive denotes etymologically ‘moving by change of place’. It is an anglicization of modern Latin locōmōtīvus, a compound formed from locus ‘place’ and mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ (source of English motive). Originally it was used strictly as an adjective, and it was not until the early 19th century that the present-day noun use (which began life as an abbreviation of locomotive engine) emerged.
- locomotive (adj.)
- 1610s, "pertaining to movement," from French locomotif, from Latin loco "from a place" (ablative of locus "place;" see locus) + Late Latin motivus "moving" (see motive). The noun meaning "railroad engine" is from 1829, short for locomotive engine (1814).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Locomotive Construction Company Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust.
- 機(jī)車建筑有限公司是該托拉斯的全資子公司。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was killed by an onrushing locomotive.
- 他被飛馳而來(lái)的火車頭撞死了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive.
- 一群火車迷已擔(dān)負(fù)起重造蒸汽機(jī)車的任務(wù).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. At the conductor's whistle the engine - driver starts his locomotive - engine.
- 乘務(wù)員哨聲一響,司機(jī)開(kāi)動(dòng)機(jī)車.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The locomotive has broken down.
- 火車頭壞了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》