engine
'endʒinnoun
B11,695th most heard wordIn 71 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 226 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026
- n. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- n. something used to achieve a purpose
- n. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “engine” is heard 226 times in 71 videos from 41 channels, the 1,695th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at B1.
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- 8:19Water was centrally pumped by steam engines and later electric pumps and arrived at the customers at about twenty-five times the pressure that comes out of a modern domestic tap.水由蒸汽机集中加压泵送，后来改用电动泵，以大约相当于现代家用自来水二十五倍的压力送到用户那里。This machine breaks things.
- 11:41To rev the engine, to make an engine run faster by pressing the accelerator while the vehicle isn't moving.轰油门，就是在车辆静止时踩油门让发动机转速加快。Let's Learn English! Topic: Fast and Furious Vocabulary! 🚲🏍️🚗 (Lesson Only)
- 0:15My friend found him in her car engine, and then she texted us and was like, "You could just foster him for a couple nights." While Tessa did not know a thing about raising kittens, her and her fiance had a big heart for animals.我朋友在他车引擎里发现了他，然后她给我们发短信说，“你们就先寄养他几个晚上嘛。” 虽然泰莎对养小猫一无所知，但她和她未婚夫都对动物很有爱心。Woman Swore She Was A Dog Person Until Her Dog Adopted A Kitten | The Dodo
- 5:30More is better, but if we put in an F1 engine in a Prius, I'm probably not going to outrun Max Verstappen.性能越强越好，但如果我在普锐斯里装个F1引擎，我大概还是跑不过维斯塔潘。The PS6 Problem
- 4:26So to get power faster, some of these companies are literally buying old 747 jet engines and converting them into turbines to generate electricity 24/7.为了更快获得电力，其中一些公司真的在购买旧的747喷气式飞机发动机，并将其改装成涡轮机，以全天候发电。How to Make AI Companies Pay Your Energy Bill | Ari Matusiak | TED
How it's said
Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.
- Forms you'll hear
- engines
- Often heard with
- your engine15×engine to10×jet engine10×engine be9×steam engine8×
Related words
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carkɑ:n. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion enginetiretaiәn. hoop that covers a wheelmachinemә'ʃi:nn. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human taskssteelsti:ln. an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide rangesample'sæmpln. a small part of something intended as representative of the wholeweightweitn. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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