turbine

名词 n.
/ˈtɜː.baɪn/|/ˈtɜː.bɪn/    /ˈtɝ.baɪn/|/ˈtɝ.bɪn/|/ˈtɜː.bɑɪn/|/ˈtɜː.bɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
    — Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.

词形变化

turbines plural

词源

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
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