horsepower

• n. 马力（功率单位）

horse,马，power,能量。即马的力量，后来被物理学家用来指能量单位。

horsepower (n.)

1806, from horse (n.) + power (n.); established by Watt as the power needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, which is actually about 1.5 times the power of a strong horse.

1. a powerful car with a 170 horsepower engine

发动机为170马力的大功率汽车

来自《权威词典》

2. The worshiper thinks that the worst is the insufficient horsepower.

崇拜者认为最坏的事是马力不足.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The engine puts out thirty horsepower.

这台发动机可产生30马力.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2500 - horsepower engine.

它的车身长30英尺,有一个2500马力的发动机.

来自新概念英语第二册

5. The engine has more than 4,000 horsepower.

这台发动机马力超过4，000。

来自辞典例句