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horsepower

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n.马力

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horsepower


/'hɔ:spaʊə(r); `hɔrs,pauɚ/
n (pl unchanged复数不变) (abbr 缩写 hp) unit for measuring the power of an engine, etc (550 foot-pounds per second, about
750 watts) 马力(功率单位, 1马力等于每秒钟把550磅重的物体提高1英尺所作的功, 约为750瓦)
*[attrib 作定语] a twelve horsepower engine 一台十二马力的发动机.

horsepower


npluralhorsepower [U and C]
written abbreviationhp
a unit for measuring the power of an engine, or the power of an engine measured like this
 a two-hundred horsepower engine
 the superior horsepower of Volkswagen
1. We need a motor of one horsepower.
    我们需要一台一马力的发动机。

2. The F-16 is a $20 million piece of hardware that has enough horsepower to fly at twice the speed of sound.
    F-16是个造价2,000万美元的硬家伙,马力大到能以两倍的音速飞行。

3. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.
    它的车身长30英尺,有一个2,500 马力的发动机。

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