Propel
[prə'pel] or [prə'pɛl]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.
校對:玛克辛
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.
校對:莱斯利
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Hurl, project, drive, urge
ANT:Retard, detain, withhold
校對:琳达
解釋/意思:
v.t. to drive forward: to urge onward by force:—pr.p. propel′ling; pa.t. and pa.p. propelled′.—n. Propel′lant that which drives forward.—adj. Propel′lent.—ns. Propel′ler one who or that which propels: any kind of mechanism for moving a ship through the water by a paddle-wheel oar screw &c.: a vessel thus propelled: a spinning-bait; Propel′ment act of propelling: propelling mechanism.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The 15th of September was the day appointed, and there were eight locomotive engines provided to propel the same number of trains of carriages, which were to form the procession. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Not only are launches and automobiles making use of gas power, but the gasoline engine has made it possible to propel a?roplanes through the air. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- But there was no support for the rider's feet, and the vehicle was propelled by thrusting his feet alternately against the ground. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Lord Dundas at the beginning of the century had an iron boat built for the Forth and Clyde Canal, which was propelled by steam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Huskisson were among those who were walking on the railway, when one of the engines was recklessly put in action, and propelled along the line. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Passing from the slumber of the middle ages, we are assured by some Spanish historians that one Blasco de Garay, in 1543, propelled a ship having paddle wheels by steam at Barcelona. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- From then on my mind dwelt a great deal upon the subject of a self-propelled vehicle that could be used on any country road or city street. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Boats were propelled by it, cars were hauled, and even papers printed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Sir Isaac Newton in 1680 proposed a steam carriage propelled by the reaction of a jet of steam. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Among them was the owner of a colliery in the north named Blackett, who built a number of engines for propelling coal-cars and used them at his mines. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- As early as 1680 Sir Isaac Newton proposed a steam carriage in which the propelling power was the reactionary discharge of a rearwardly directed jet of steam. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In 1786-7 he obtained in Pennsylvania and Maryland patents for applying steam to driving flour mills and propelling waggons. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The machine in the lower view is self-propelling, cuts and threshes the grain, throwing out the straw, and places the grain in sacks ready for loading on the wagon. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The principle of the dry condenser has, however, been lately made available in a new kind of engine, wherein the combined action of steam and of spirit vapour is applied as the propelling power. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In 1802 he had started a course of calculations on the resistance of water, and the comparative advantages of the known means of propelling vessels. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- One was used in connection with the propelling lever, which was provided with a pawl to fit into the teeth of the reversed ratchet wheel on its forward movement. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The driver sits on top of this plane upon a seat constructed over the small, noiseless radium engine which propels it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Of course, by moving his tail from side to side he propels himself forward and by bending his tail he goes in the direction in which it is bent. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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