motor
US: /ˈmoʊtɝ/
UK: /mˈəʊtɐ/
UK: /mˈəʊtɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
motor /'moutə/
- danh từ
- động cơ mô tô
- ô tô
- (giải phẫu) cơ vận động; dây thần kinh vận động
- tính từ
- vận động
- motor nerver: dây thần kinh vận động
- vận động
- động từ
- đi ô tô
- to motor from one city to another: đi ô tô từ thành phố này đến thành phố khác
- đưa đi bằng ô tô
- to motor a friend home: đưa một người bạn về bằng ô tô
- đi ô tô
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective, verb
+ noun
1 a device that uses electricity, petrol/gas, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work: an electric motor + He started the motor.
See also -
2 (BrE, old-fashioned or humorous) a car
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 having an engine; using the power of an engine: motor vehicles
2 (especially BrE) connected with vehicles that have engines: the motor industry / trade + a motor accident + motor insurance + motor fuel / oil
3 (technical) connected with movement of the body that is produced by muscles; connected with the nerves that control movement: uncoordinated motor activity + Both motor and sensory functions are affected.
+ verb [V +adv./prep.] (old-fashioned, BrE) to travel by car, especially for pleasure: We motored down to Oxford for the day.
motoring noun [U]: They're planning a motoring holiday to France this year.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
large, powerful | small | diesel, electric | outboard
a boat with a powerful outboard motor
VERB + MOTOR
start, turn on | turn off
MOTOR + VERB
run, work
He left the motor running.
| drive sth
A powerful motor drives the mill wheel.
Concise English dictionary
motors|motored|motoring'məʊtə(r)
noun
+machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
+a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
verb
+travel or be transported in a vehicle
adj.
+conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
+causing or able to cause motion
