【PTE词汇】口语，写作，日常生活都必备！words connected to cars

Henry Ford’s Model-T was first produced in October 1908. It was the cheapest car ever built, and it helped usher in a new age of transportation. Whether you’re an automotive enthusiast or a total novice, check out these words connected to cars.

usher [‘ʌʃə]  引领  If you usher someone somewhere, you show them where they should go by going with them.

enthusiast  [ɪn’θjuːzɪæst; en-]   狂热者 An enthusiast is a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject and who spends a lot of time on it.

novice  [‘nɒvɪs]   初学者，新手 A novice is someone who has been doing a job or ther activity for only a short time and so is not experience at it.

acceleration  加速

英文释义：(physics) a rate of increase of velocity

e.g. It’s a car model that I really enjoy driving, with excellent handling and acceleration. – Seattle Times (Sep 12, 2017)

accelerator  油门

英文释义：a pedal that controls the throttle valve

e.g. He likes the instant torque, the zero hesitation when he steps on the accelerator. – Washington Times (Jan 15, 2017)

axle  车轴

英文释义：a shaft on which a wheel rotates

e.g. The gas tank was mounted behind the rear axle, leaving it vulnerable in a crash. – Seattle Times (Nov 16, 2016)

carburetor  化油器

英文释义：the part of a combustion engine that mixes air with gasoline

e.g. The fuel injection delivers an even flow of gas to the engine, something that carburetors couldn’t always do. – Washington Post (Jul 7, 2011)

combustible  易燃的

英文释义：capable of igniting and burning

e.g. For enthusiasts, there was much ogling at under-the-hood advancements of the combustible engine. – The Verge (Sep 24, 2016)

cylinder  气缸

英文释义：a chamber within which a piston moves

e.g. The engine in the base Cooper — which starts at $20,745 — is also notable because it has just three cylinders. – Los Angeles Times (Sep 5, 2014)

jalopy  破旧的车

英文释义：a car that is old and unreliable

e.g. They pass the carcasses of old jalopies, front ends fallen through the ice, doors riddled with bullet holes. – Middlesex: A Novel

lemon  有瑕疵的（车）

英文释义：an object, especially a car, that is defective or deficient

e.g. It was impossible to tell whether it was Mom’s driving or whether we had bought a lemon. – The Glass Castle

manufacture  制造

英文释义：organized action of making of goods and services for sale

e.g. While lighter plastic car parts might help cut vehicle emissions and increase the range of electric cars, doesn’t their manufacture bring other environmental risks? – BBC (Sep 28, 2017)

modernize   使…现代化

英文释义：make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

e.g. Uber is striving to modernize an entrenched industry and bring it, however reluctantly, into the digital age. – Forbes (Nov 30, 2012)

prototype  原型；标准；模范

英文释义：a standard or typical example

e.g. He added, “Our research vehicle prototype we think is the most perceptive car in the world.” – The Verge (Sep 27, 2017)

suspension  （车辆减震的）悬架

英文释义：a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers

Because Jeeps have a looser suspension than most cars, their frames absorb every bump in the road. – Time (Nov 28, 2016)

throttle  （汽车的）风门

英文释义：a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

e.g. I hit the throttle — and then realize I’m out of fuel. – The Verge (Aug 11, 2016)

torque  扭矩

英文释义：a twisting force

e.g. There is an unwritten mandate that every time a new car model arrives, it has to have more horsepower and torque than its predecessor. – The Verge (Jul 20, 2016)

transmission  变速器

英文释义：the gears that transfer power from an automobile engine

e.g. Built for quickness and nothing else, semi-automatic transmissions were far too jerky and unrefined for the road in the early 1990s. – The Verge (Apr 6, 2016)

vehicle  车辆；运载工具

英文释义：a conveyance that transports people or objects

e.g. Electric vehicles use rechargeable batteries containing cobalt, a byproduct of copper and nickel output, which boosts energy density and extends battery life. – Reuters (Sep 22, 2017)

velocity  （物）速度

英文释义：distance travelled per unit time

e.g. It can also reach a top speed of 155 mph, up from the Model S’s peak velocity of 130 mph. – Time (Oct 10, 2014)