propeller
英[prə'pelə]
美[prə'pɛlɚ]
- n. [航][船] 螺旋桨；推进器
词态变化
复数: propellers;
助记提示
1、pro- "forward" + pell- "drive, push" + -er.
2、含义：push forward, drive forward, drive forth.
中文词源
propeller 螺旋桨
来自propel,推进，促动。
英文词源
- propeller (n.)
- 1780, "anything that propels," agent noun from propel. In mechanical sense, 1809, of ships; of flying machines (in a broad, theoretical sense) 1842, in the specific modern sense 1853.
双语例句
- 1. With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.
- 伴随着隆隆的低沉噪声，螺旋桨开始旋转起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The engine turned a propeller.
- 发动机使螺旋桨旋转起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The freighter fouled its propeller in fishing nets.
- 货船的螺旋桨被渔网缠住了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. the blades of a propeller
- 螺旋桨叶
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The propeller started to spin around.
- 螺旋桨开始飞快地旋转起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》