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horsepower

/hawrs-pou-er/US // ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər //UK // (ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə) //

马力,匹马力,匹马力的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
    • : Informal. the capacity to achieve or produce; strength or talent: The university's history faculty is noted for its intellectual horsepower.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpower
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Examples

  • Beyond connectivity, this model’s quiet belt drive offers one- and-a-quarter horsepower, making it powerful enough for larger doors.

  • Another even more specific way of defining them is as vehicles whose horsepower is 500 and up that cost around $250,000 or more.

  • Size, weight, horsepower, and fuel source are just a few of the things to look for when shopping for a zero-turn mower.

  • At times, Chrome was apparently limited to the Cortex-A55 cores only, ignoring most of the phone's computing horsepower, which is present in the bigger A78 and X1 cores.

  • There was a built-in audience with the kind of gearheads who love to pore over horsepower, steering and any other little cog that makes a car go vroom.

  • In the race to the future, horsepower was losing to gas power, and the city was changing.

  • But the real leverage between the U.S. and China comes down to economic horsepower.

  • They used a 30 horsepower refrigeration unit to keep the wall frozen and spent about $15 a day to power it.

  • It cruises at 43 miles per hour and has about a 10 horsepower engine, no larger than the Wright brothers' original vessel.

  • Unveiled at the EICMA motor show in Milan, the 1199 Panigale is the new king of the motorcycle horsepower race.

  • The horsepower figures do not fully represent the extent of actual commercial control.

  • If you had five-horsepower work to perform, how foolish it would be to install a two-hundred-and-fifty-pound engine!

  • Zeppelin's first airship had two cars, with a motor in each, giving about 30 horsepower.

  • Practice has shown that the amount of heating surface practically required by a boiler is 12 to 15 square feet per horsepower.

  • In selecting an engine, the higher the horsepower for the given dimensions, the more economical of both fuel and water.