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发动机
engine
常考释义
By 1800 more than a thousand steam engines were in use in the British Isles, and Britain retained a virtual monopoly on steam engine production until the 1830s.
19世纪时，英国已经拥有上千台蒸汽发动机，直到19世纪30年代以前，英国在蒸汽机的生产方面一直处于实质性垄断地位。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL6 P1n. 引擎；发动机
He got into the driving seat and started the engine.
他坐进驾驶座，发动引擎。
It's like we built a great car, but we haven't built the engine.
就好像造了辆好车，但引擎还没弄好。
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By 1800 more than a thousand steam engines were in use in the British Isles, and Britain retained a virtual monopoly on steam engine production until the 1830s.
19世纪时，英国已经拥有上千台蒸汽发动机，直到19世纪30年代以前，英国在蒸汽机的生产方面一直处于实质性垄断地位。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL6 P1Since the steam engine was fired by coal, the large mills did not need to be located by rivers, as had mills that used water- driven machines.
因为蒸汽机靠燃煤而驱动，一些大型棉纺织厂就不再像那些使用水力驱动机器的工厂一样必须依河而建。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL26 P1A rotary engine attached to the steam engine enabled shafts to be turned and machines to be driven, resulting in mills using steam power to spin and weave cotton.
与蒸汽机相连的旋转式发动机带动轴承转动，从而驱动机器，运用蒸汽动力纺织棉布的纺织厂随之出现。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL26 P1This was to occur with progress in the development of the steam engine.
这一切随着蒸汽机的改良而发生。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL26 P1Unfortunately this early plant experienced the problem common to many forms of renewable energy: the flow in the Wey River was unreliable, and the waterwheel was soon replaced by a steam engine.
不幸的是，这座早起的水力发电站也遭受了所有可再生能源的共同弊端：卫河的水流极不稳定，而水轮很快被蒸汽机代替了。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL29 P3The coal-fired steam engine was taking over, and the waterwheel was fast becoming obsolete.
燃煤蒸汽动力正在普及，而水轮则被迅速遗弃。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL29 P3The steam engine was quickly put to use in several industries in Britain.
蒸汽机很快被用于英国的各行各业。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL34 P2This splendid invention, patented in 1769, greatly increased the efficiency of the steam engine.
这项杰出的发明，在1769年取得专利权，大大提高了蒸汽机的效率。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL34 P2In 1763, Watt was called on to repair a Newcomen engine being used in a physics course.
1763年，学校要求瓦特去修理物理课上使用的一台纽科门蒸汽机。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL34 P2In the early 1760s, a gifted young Scot named James Watt was drawn to a critical study of the steam engine.
在18世纪60年代早期，一个满腹才华的年轻苏格兰人詹姆斯瓦特开始认真研究蒸汽机。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL34 P2In an attempt to overcome these disadvantages, Thomas Savery in 1698 and Thomas Newcomen in 1705 invented the first primitive steam engines.
为了克服这些弊端，托马斯萨瓦瑞在 1698 汤姆斯纽克门 在1705分别发明了第一批最早的蒸汽机。
来源于：阅读OFFICIAL34 P2n. 方法；手段<文>
Free markets are powerful engines of progress.
自由市场是推动发展的有效手段。
n. 工具；装置；器械<废>
These are engines of torture.
这些是刑具。
n. 火车头；机车
In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.
1941年，火车本可以由蒸汽机车拉动。
n. 作战装备【军】<废>
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