dynamo

名词 n.
/ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
    — "As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo."
  2. The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
  3. An energetic person. figuratively
    — That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.

词形变化

dynamos plural

词汇关系

词源

A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
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