单词 | propel |
释义 | propel /preuh pel"/, v.t., propelled, propelling. 1. to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing. 2. to impel or urge onward: Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job. [1400-50; late ME propellen to expel < L propellere to drive forward, equiv. to pro- PRO-1 + pellere to drive] Syn. 1, 2. push, prod. |
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