motorless

motorless — 形容詞

  • motorlesspositive
  • more motorlesscomparative
  • most motorlesssuperlative

1. describes a vehicle, machine, or device that has no motor or engine and is moved

1.形容詞B2
釋義

無動力的

沒有引擎或馬達的

describes a vehicle, machine, or device that has no motor or engine and is moved by human strength, wind, or other natural forces instead

例句

Kofi rowed his motorless boat across the calm lake at dawn.

Kofi 在黎明時划著他沒有馬達的小船穿過平靜的湖面。

attributive: motorless + boat

Motorless gliders use warm air currents to stay high in the sky for hours.

無動力的滑翔機利用上升暖氣流在高空滯留數小時。

subject: Motorless + gliders

常見搭配
  • motorless boat
  • motorless glider
  • motorless vehicle
  • motorless wheelchair
  • motorless lawn mower
同義詞
  • unpowered

    more general — can refer to anything without its own power source; 'motorless' specifically means no motor

  • non-motorised

    more formal and common in British English; used especially for vehicles

  • manual

    describes devices operated by hand, often overlapping with 'motorless' but not identical

反義詞
  • motorised

    fitted with a motor or engine

  • powered

    having any type of power source including a motor

文法句型

motorless + noun

be + motorless

用法筆記

Frequently used attributively before nouns describing vehicles or equipment designed without a motor.

常見錯誤

The machine is motorless now' (when the motor is just turned off).
The machine is motorless' (when it has no motor at all).
'Motorless' describes a built-in lack of a motor, not a temporary state.

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