horsepower
英['hɔːspaʊə]
美['hɔrs'paʊɚ]
- n. 马力（功率单位）
词态变化
复数: horsepowers;
中文词源
horsepower 马力
horse,马，power,能量。即马的力量，后来被物理学家用来指能量单位。
英文词源
- horsepower (n.)
- 1806, from horse (n.) + power (n.); established by Watt as the power needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, which is actually about 1.5 times the power of a strong horse.
双语例句
- 1. a powerful car with a 170 horsepower engine
- 发动机为170马力的大功率汽车
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The worshiper thinks that the worst is the insufficient horsepower.
- 崇拜者认为最坏的事是马力不足.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The engine puts out thirty horsepower.
- 这台发动机可产生30马力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2500 - horsepower engine.
- 它的车身长30英尺,有一个2500马力的发动机.
来自新概念英语第二册
- 5. The engine has more than 4,000 horsepower.
- 这台发动机马力超过4，000。
来自辞典例句