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单词 multi-engine
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multi-enginen.adj.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈɛndʒ(ə)n/; see also multi- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, engine n.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + engine n. Compare earlier multi-engined adj.
A. n.
In plural. Multiple engines. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun]
combustion1878
multi-engines1933
1933 Discovery Dec. 367/1 All these difficulties could..be got over if there was a good ground organization, and aircraft..to operate at such heights with multi-engines.
B. adj.
= multi-engined adj. Also: of or relating to multi-engined aircraft or flying with such aircraft.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective]
multi-engined1917
multi-engine1934
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Multi- Multiengine.
1941 Science 24 Jan. 72/2 The Army will develop long-range multi-engine bombers and the Navy long-range multi-engine flying boats.
1961 Economist 25 Nov. 830/2 Rolls-Royce immediately started hawking its competing multi-engine system round the international market.
1973 E. E. Aldrin & W. Warga Return to Earth iv. 117 He wanted me to go to a multiengine flight school and I wanted to be a fighter pilot.
1991 Flying Feb. 40/2 The multiengine rating is placed early into students' training.
1999 Airforces Monthly Oct. 35/2 (caption) RAF Six Griffin HT.1s..are tasked with multi-engine, multi-crew helicopter training for RAF aircrews.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1933
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