单词 | drive |
释义 | Word Frequency drive(draɪv) verbWord forms: drives, driving, drove (drəʊv) or driven (ˈdrɪvən) 1. to push, propel, or be pushed or propelled 2. to control and guide the movement of (a vehicle, draught animal, etc) to drive a car 3. (transitive) to compel or urge to work or act, esp excessively 4. (transitive) to goad or force into a specified attitude or state work drove him to despair 5. (transitive) to cause (an object) to make or form (a hole, crack, etc) his blow drove a hole in the wall 6. to move or cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force 7. sport to hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically 8. golf to strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off 9. (transitive) a. to chase (game) from cover into more open ground b. to search (an area) for game 10. to transport or be transported in a driven vehicle 11. (intransitive) to rush or dash violently, esp against an obstacle or solid object the waves drove against the rock 12. (transitive) to carry through or transact with vigour (esp in the phrase drive a hard bargain) 13. (transitive) to force (a component) into or out of its location by means of blows or a press 14. (transitive) mining to excavate horizontally 15. (transitive) New Zealand to fell (a tree or trees) by the impact of another felled tree 16. drive home noun 17. the act of driving 18. a trip or journey in a driven vehicle 19. a. a road for vehicles, esp a private road leading to a house b. (capital when part of a street name) Woodland Drive 20. vigorous or urgent pressure, as in business 21. a united effort, esp directed towards a common goal a charity drive 22. British a large gathering of persons to play cards, etc beetle drive, whist drive 23. energy, ambition, or initiative 24. psychology a motive or interest, such as sex, hunger, or ambition, that actuates an organism to attain a goal 25. a sustained and powerful military offensive 26. a. the means by which force, torque, motion, or power is transmitted in a mechanism fluid drive b. (as modifier) a drive shaft 27. sport a hard straight shot or stroke 28. a search for and chasing of game towards waiting guns 29. electronics the signal applied to the input of an amplifier Derived forms drivable (ˈdrivable) or driveable (ˈdriveable) adjective drivability (ˌdrivaˈbility) or driveability (ˌdriveaˈbility) noun Word origin Old English drīfan; related to Old Frisian drīva, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German trīban |
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