| 释义 |
drove /drōv/ pat of drive noun- A number of cattle, or other animals, driven or herded together
- A crowd or horde, eg of people, moving along together
- A broad-edged chisel for dressing stone
- A drove road (esp E Anglia)
ORIGIN: OE drāf, drīfan to drive drovˈer noun - A person whose occupation is to drive cattle
- A fishing-boat, drifter (Spenser, etc)
drovˈing noun - The occupation of a drover
- The action of herding cattle, etc
drove road noun An old generally grassy track used or once used by droves of cattle drive /drīv/ transitive verb (prp drīvˈing; pat drōve or archaic drāve, and Spenser drive /driv/; pap drivˈen)- To urge along
- To hurry on
- To control or guide the movements or operations of
- To convey or carry in a vehicle
- To urge or force in or through
- To push briskly
- To provide motive power to
- To urge (a point of argument)
- To carry through (eg a bargain)
- To impel
- To compel
- To send away with force, eg a ball, esp (golf) to play from the tee or with a driver, (cricket) to hit strongly in front of the wicket, and (tennis) to return forcibly underarm
- To chase
- To excavate (eg a tunnel)
- To sort out (feathers) in a current of air
intransitive verb- To control an engine, vehicle or draught animal, etc
- To press forward with violence
- To be forced along (like a ship before the wind)
- To be driven
- To go in a motor vehicle or carriage
- To aim or tend towards a point (with at)
- To strike with a sword or the fist, etc (with at)
noun- An excursion in a vehicle
- A road for driving on, esp the approach to a house within its own grounds
- (with cap) used in street names generally
- A driving stroke (sport)
- Impulse
- Impulsive force
- Power of getting things done
- A motivational concept used to describe changes in responsiveness to a consistent external stimulus (behaviourism)
- The chasing of game towards the shooters, or the sport so obtained, or the ground over which the game is driven
- Pushing sales by reducing prices
- An organized campaign to attain any end
- A meeting in order to play certain games, eg whist
- Apparatus for driving
- A disk drive (computing)
ORIGIN: OE drīfan to drive; Ger treiben to push drivabilˈity or driveabilˈity noun drivˈable or driveˈable adjective drivˈen adjective (informal) Ambitious or highly motivated drivˈer noun - A person or thing that drives, in all senses
- A golf club with a metal or wooden head used to hit the ball from the tee
- A factor that facilitates the success of a strategy (commercial jargon)
drivˈerless adjective Running or able to run, without a driver drivˈing noun The act of driving adjective- (of rain, etc) heavy and windblown
- Motivating
- Directing
driveˈ-by adjective (informal, chiefly N American) Denoting a crime, esp a shooting, committed from a moving vehicle (also noun) driveˈ-in noun A refreshment stop, store, cinema, etc where patrons are catered for while still remaining in their motor cars (also adjective) driver ant noun An army ant driver's license noun (US) Driving licence drive shaft noun Driving shaft driveˈthrough noun (chiefly N American) A shop, restaurant or bank designed so that customers can be served without leaving their cars drive time noun - The time taken to complete a journey by road
- The time of day when many people are travelling to or from work, esp when considered as part of a broadcasting schedule
drive'train noun The parts of a vehicle that are involved in causing it to move, including the engine, gears, wheels, etc driveˈway noun - A carriage-drive
- A drive, esp connecting a house or other premises with the public road
drivˈing-band noun The band or strap that communicates motion from one machine, or part of a machine, to another drivˈing-box noun A box on which a driver sits driving force noun The person or thing that causes something to happen drivˈing-gear noun Apparatus by which power is transmitted from shaft to shaft driving licence noun An official licence to drive a motor vehicle drivˈing-mirror noun A small mirror in which a driver can see what is behind his or her vehicle driving range noun A place for golfers to practise driving the ball driving seat noun - The seat in a vehicle in which the driver sits
- A position of control
driving shaft noun A shaft from a driving wheel communicating motion to machinery driving test noun A test of ability to drive safely, esp an official and obligatory test driving wheel noun - A main wheel that communicates motion to other wheels
- One of the main wheels in a locomotive
drive a coach and horses through (informal) - To demolish (an argument, etc) by demonstrating the obvious faults in it
- To brush aside, ignore completely
drive home - To force (eg a nail) completely in
- To make completely understood or accepted
let drive To aim a blow |