English Dictionary

motor

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈməʊtə/

動詞

古風 他動詞 くだけた表現 俗語

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive. / (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

日本語の意味

（車で）移動する、運転する / （航空）燃料供給なしにスターターでジェットエンジンやターボプロップエンジンを回転させる

We decided to motor to the coast before dawn.

私たちは夜明け前に車で海岸へ向かうことにした。

意味（1）

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

意味（2）

(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.

意味（3）

(informal) To move at a brisk pace.

Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

意味（4）

(slang) To leave.

I gotta motor.

motors （ present singular third-person ）

motoring （ participle present ）

motored （ participle past ）

motored （ past ）