horsepower
英 [ˈhɔːs.paʊər]
美 [ˈhɔːrs.paʊ.ɚ]
将“horsepower”分解为“horse”(马)和“power”(力量)。想象一匹马拉着一辆非常重的车,并且它做得很轻松,这匹马的力量就是“horsepower”,即马的力量单位。这样通过生动的图像帮助记忆这个复合词。
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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。
- 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.
- 1. a powerful car with a 170 horsepower engine
- 发动机为170马力的大功率汽车
- 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.
- 3. The engine puts out thirty horsepower.
- 这台发动机可产生30马力.
- 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.
- 5. The engine has more than 4,000 horsepower.
- 这台发动机马力超过4,000。