名词

1. 引擎;发动机
The engine of a car or other vehicle is the part that produces the power which makes the vehicle move.

2. 机车；火车头
An engine is also the large vehicle that pulls a railway train.

1. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

e.g. medieval engines of war

3. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Synonym: locomotivelocomotive enginerailway locomotive

4. something used to achieve a purpose

e.g. an engine of change