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engine room, n.
Brit. |ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ɪ)n ruːm|, U.S. |ˈɛndʒən ˌrum|
[‹ engine n. + room n.1]
1. A room containing an engine or engines, esp. on a ship.
1749J. Wood Ess. Descr. Bath (ed. 2) II. iv. xi. 424 The Inside of our little Structure was to have been divided into a Kitchen, Parlour, Engine Room, Musæum, Work Shop, [etc.]. 1790Times 27 July 4/4 (advt.) The valuable lease of the said premises, consisting of a mill house, madder, and copper house, stove, drying, and engine rooms. 1835Southern Lit. Messenger Apr. 446/2 The banging of the wood upon the planks, as it was transferred from the pile to the engine-room. 1899F. T. Bullen Way Navy 34 My life-long admiration for the blue-jacket proper will be shared by his brothers in arms, the stoker and engine-room artificer. 1924Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 250/3 As is usual with large Sulzer engines the scavenging air is supplied from electrically driven turbo blowers installed in the engine-room. 1952H. Wouk Caine Mutiny ii. vii. 67 Chief Budge had 'em scraping bilges in number-two engine room. 1999National Trust Mag. Autumn 53/2 The white-walled engine room is immaculate, with burnished brass and copper fittings around the green boiler cladding.
2. fig. The principal source of energy, activity, or strength in a particular context, esp. a sports team. Cf. driving force at driving adj. 1a, powerhouse n. 2a.
1897‘F. W. O. Ward’ Matin Bells v. 224, I tore the veil and showed the naked springs And devilries at work, the engine-room, The reeking hell that was the human breast. 1959Times 2 Nov. 17/1 There may be a suspicion about their packing in the front row, but to-day they had power in the engine room and plenty of life..in the back row. 1997J. M. Hoberman Darwin's Athletes viii. 127 The midfield of a soccer pitch is called ‘the engine room’, because it is where strength, tenacity, and tactical intelligence decide the course of a game. 2003Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Nov. c5/1 Securities firms also have recognized the need to reward top staff to ensure they aren't lured away by rival banks... ‘There is a genuine desire to reward the engine room as much as possible this year because they have been knocked around so much.’ |