locomotive
英 [l??k?'m??t?v]
美[,lok?'mot?v]
- adj. 火車頭的；運動的；移動的
- n. 機車；火車頭
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詞態變化
復數:?locomotives;
中文詞源
locomotive 移動的，火車頭
來自locomotion,移動，運動，引申詞義機車，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).
雙語例句
- 1. The Locomotive Construction Company Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust.
- 機車建筑有限公司是該托拉斯的全資子公司。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was killed by an onrushing locomotive.
- 他被飛馳而來的火車頭撞死了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive.
- 一群火車迷已擔負起重造蒸汽機車的任務.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. At the conductor's whistle the engine - driver starts his locomotive - engine.
- 乘務員哨聲一響,司機開動機車.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The locomotive has broken down.
- 火車頭壞了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》