turbine
英 ['t??ba?n; -?n]
美['t?ba?n]
- n. [動力] 渦輪；[動力] 渦輪機
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詞態變化
復數:?turbines;
助記提示
1、渦輪發動機，渦扇發動機、渦噴發動機。
2、turbin- + -e.
3. 音譯“透平機”。
2、turbin- + -e.
3. 音譯“透平機”。
中文詞源
turbine 汽輪機，渦輪機
來自法語 turbine,汽輪機，渦輪機，來自拉丁語 turbinis,旋轉的，來自 turbo,旋轉，旋頂，回 旋，來自 PIE*stwer,旋轉，轉動，詞源同 stir,storm.
英文詞源
- turbine
- turbine: [19] Latin turbō denoted ‘whirl’, ‘whirling thing’, or ‘whirlwind’, and also ‘spinning-top’ (it was related to turba ‘disturbance, crowd’, source of English disturb, trouble, etc). From it around 1824 was coined French turbine, applied originally to a revolving wheel on an axis, driven by water-pressure. It was borrowed into English in the early 1840s.
=> disturb, trouble - turbine (n.)
- 1838, from French turbine (19c.), from Latin turbinem (nominative turbo) "spinning top, eddy, whirlwind, that which whirls," related to turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). Originally applied to a wheel spinning on a vertical axis driven by falling water. Turbo in reference to gas turbine engines is attested from 1904.
雙語例句
- 1. Damage to the turbine slowed the work down.
- 渦輪機的損壞降低了工作的效率。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The spinning turbine creates a vacuum.
- 旋轉的渦輪形成了一塊真空區域。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The work consisted of throwing up embankments and installing water turbine pumps.
- 這項工作包括快速建起堤壩和安裝渦輪水泵.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The gas turbine feeds on the fuel it pumps.
- 這臺燃氣輪機以它抽入的燃料為能源.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. A disadvantage of the turbine is that it is not reversible.
- 渦輪機的一個缺點就是它不可以反轉。
來自辭典例句