1. 发动机;引擎
    The motor in a machine, vehicle, or boat is the part that uses electricity or fuel to produce movement, so that the machine, vehicle, or boat can work.

    e.g. She got in and started the motor.
           她坐上车，发动了引擎。

2. 机动的;由发动机驱动的
    Motor vehicles and boats have a petrol or diesel engine.

    e.g. Theft of motor vehicles is up by 15.9%.
           机动车辆偷盗案上升了15.9%。

3. 汽车的;车辆的
    Motor is used to describe activities relating to vehicles such as cars and buses.

    e.g. ...the future of the British motor industry...
           英国汽车工业的未来
    e.g. He worked as a motor mechanic.
           他是一名汽车修理工。

4. 汽车;轿车
    Some people refer to a car as a motor .

5. 自驾游览;乘汽车旅行
    If you motor somewhere, you travel there in a car, usually for pleasure.

    e.g. I had motored down from Cheshire.
           我从柴郡一路南下开过来。

6. 使用发动机驾驶帆船
    If people in a small sailing boat motor somewhere, they use the boat's motor rather than the power of the wind to get there.

    e.g. Restarting the engine, we motored downriver.
           我们重新启动马达，沿河而下。

7. see also: motoring;outboard motor