英语单词

horsepower是什么意思

horsepower

英 ['hɔːspaʊə] 美 ['hɔrs'paʊɚ]
  • n. 马力(功率单位)

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

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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.

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3. The engine puts out thirty horsepower.
这台发动机可产生30马力.

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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。

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