locomotive
英 [ləʊkə'məʊtɪv]
美 [,lokə'motɪv]
- adj. 火车头的；运动的；移动的
- n. 机车；火车头
中文词源
locomotive 移动的，火车头来自locomotion,移动，运动，引申词义机车，火车头。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The Locomotive Construction Company Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trust.
- 机车建筑有限公司是该托拉斯的全资子公司。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was killed by an onrushing locomotive.
- 他被飞驰而来的火车头撞死了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive.
- 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. At the conductor's whistle the engine - driver starts his locomotive - engine.
- 乘务员哨声一响,司机开动机车.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The locomotive has broken down.
- 火车头坏了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
