engine
n. /ˈen.dʒɪn/ B1
发动机;引擎
A machine that uses energy to produce mechanical motion.
仙境例句
The engine made a loud noise, and even the Dormouse woke up.
发动机轰地响了一声,连睡鼠都醒了。
原著这一句
The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again, so that altogether, for the first minute or two, it was as much as she could do to hold it.
她接住那个可怜的小家伙时,它正像台蒸汽机似地呼哧呼哧喘粗气,身子还不停地蜷缩又伸直,所以头一两分钟里,她光是抱稳它就拼尽全力了。
卡罗尔原著 · 第 6 章