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单词 propulsion
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propulsion

noun
/prəˈpʌlʃn/
/prəˈpʌlʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the force that drives something forward
    • wind/steam/jet propulsion
    • The fish uses its tail fins for propulsion through the water.
    see also propel
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPropulsion is used before these nouns:
    • system
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘expulsion’): from medieval Latin propulsio(n-), from Latin propellere ‘drive before (oneself)’.
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