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{
"term": "motor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "An electric motor is used to pump the water."
},
{
"text": "Batteries power the motor."
},
{
"text": "He started the motor."
},
{
"text": "Diesel engines drive six electric motors."
},
{
"text": "A powerful motor drives the mill wheel."
},
{
"text": "One of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor."
},
{
"text": "An electric current drives motors located under the floor."
},
{
"text": "She left the motor running."
},
{
"text": "Electricity powers hydraulic motors that compress these bales."
},
{
"text": "small motors for toys and clocks"
},
{
"text": "a circular saw with a fan-cooled motor"
},
{
"text": "The car has a faulty starter motor."
},
{
"text": "When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine."
}
],
"topics": ["Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "powerful", "small"],
"verb + motor": ["start", "turn on", "turn off"],
"motor + verb": ["run", "work", "drive something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a source of power, energy or movement",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth."
},
{
"text": "Women are often the motors of change in politics and the economy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a car",
"labels": "(British English, old-fashioned or humorous)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He uses the motor for local shopping trips."
},
{
"text": "I'm so rich now I can buy a shiny new motor!"
},
{
"text": "It was his birthday so he drove the motor around Pudong all night."
},
{
"text": "Seems funny that my dodgy old motor has become a classic car."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtə(r)/",
"audio": "mo/motor/motor__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtər/",
"audio": "mo/motor/motor__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent."
}