Význam engine v slovenčine

• 0 a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement:

  • a jet engine

  • a car engine

  • My car's been having engine trouble recently.

  • For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.

• 1 a machine that uses the energy from fuel or steam to produce movement:

  • The car has a four-cylinder engine.

  • fig. The health-care industry has been an engine of growth.

  • The plane was forced to land because of engine problems.

• 2 a machine that uses energy to produce movement:

  • a jet engine

  • a car/aircraft engine

• 3 something that makes something happen, or that influences it strongly:

  • For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.

• 4 a computer program that performs a particular task:

  • This is a new payment engine that can handle online payments securely.