发动机(ENGINE):engine一词源自中古英语“engin”,意为“天生的才能,由此产生的某种东西”。engine最初仅仅表示某种机灵巧妙的装置。在瓦特(James Watt)发明蒸汽机后,人们越来越多地把engine专门用来表示那些从非生命的来源取得能(如热能、风能等),并将这种能转换为机械能的设备。汉语译为“发动机”。音译为“引擎”,但一般不这样译。 Engine (ENGINE): The term engine comes from Middle English “engin”, meaning “innate talent, resulting in something.” Engine initially only expressed some clever device. After the invention of steam engines by James Watt, engines were increasingly being used exclusively to refer to devices that derive energy (such as heat, wind, etc.) from non-living sources and convert that energy into mechanical energy. Chinese translated as “engine.” Transliteration as “engine”, but generally not translated.