• n. [動力] 渦輪；[動力] 渦輪機

來自法語 turbine,汽輪機，渦輪機，來自拉丁語 turbinis,旋轉的，來自 turbo,旋轉，旋頂，回 旋，來自 PIE*stwer,旋轉，轉動，詞源同 stir,storm.

turbine

turbine: [19] Latin turbō denoted ‘whirl’, ‘whirling thing’, or ‘whirlwind’, and also ‘spinning-top’ (it was related to turba ‘disturbance, crowd’, source of English disturb, trouble, etc). From it around 1824 was coined French turbine, applied originally to a revolving wheel on an axis, driven by water-pressure. It was borrowed into English in the early 1840s.
=> disturb, trouble

turbine (n.)

1838, from French turbine (19c.), from Latin turbinem (nominative turbo) "spinning top, eddy, whirlwind, that which whirls," related to turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). Originally applied to a wheel spinning on a vertical axis driven by falling water. Turbo in reference to gas turbine engines is attested from 1904.

1. Damage to the turbine slowed the work down.

渦輪機的損壞降低了工作的效率。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The spinning turbine creates a vacuum.

旋轉的渦輪形成了一塊真空區域。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The work consisted of throwing up embankments and installing water turbine pumps.

這項工作包括快速建起堤壩和安裝渦輪水泵.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The gas turbine feeds on the fuel it pumps.

這臺燃氣輪機以它抽入的燃料為能源.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. A disadvantage of the turbine is that it is not reversible.

渦輪機的一個缺點就是它不可以反轉。

來自辭典例句