drive /ˈdraɪv/
 驅動器,駕車,快車道,推進力,驅動,動力,擊毬(vt.)開車,驅使,推動,駕駛(vi.)開車


 drive /ˈdraɪv/ 名詞
 驅,趕,傳動,推進


 drive
 推動; 推動器


 drive
 驅動 驅動機


 Drive v. t. [imp. Drove formerly Drave (drāv); p. p. Driven p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.]
 1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
    A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.   --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
    Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.   --Pope.
    Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey.   --Pope.
 2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.
    How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!   --Thackeray.
 3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. “ Enough to drive one mad.”
    He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.   --Sir P. Sidney.
 4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.]
    The trade of life can not be driven without partners.   --Collier.
 5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
    To drive the country, force the swains away.   --Dryden.
 6. Mining To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
 7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.]
 8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.


 Drive, n.
 1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.
 2.  Golf A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
 Note: ☞ Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. “My thrice-driven bed of down.”


 Drive, v. i.
 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
    Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.   --Dryden.
    Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.   --Prescott.
 Time driveth onward fast,
 And in a little while our lips are dumb.   --Tennyson.
 2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
    The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.   --Byron.
    The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.   --Thackeray.
 3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
 4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
    Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.   --South.
 5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.]
 6. Golf To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
 To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. “Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.”


 Drive p. p. Driven. [Obs.]


 Drive n.
 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
 3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
    The Murdstonian drive in business.   --M. Arnold.
 4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
 Syn: -- See Ride.

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 drive
      n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
           reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
           [syn: thrust, driving force]
      2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a
         machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation
         through a range of speeds"
      3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
         a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they
         worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready
         for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end
         slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign,
          cause, crusade, movement, effort]
      4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the
         driveway" [syn: driveway, private road]
      5: the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy
         exhausted his co-workers"
      6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced
         his drive out of bounds" [syn: driving]
      7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
      8: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the
         family for a drive in his new car" [syn: ride]
      9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or
         desire
      10: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads
          data from a storage medium
      11: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive
          offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: parkway]
      12: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
      v 1: operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you
           drive this four-wheel truck?"
      2: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the
         university every morning"; "They motored to London for the
         theater" [syn: motor]
      3: cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me
         to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
      4: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
         metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He
         drives me mad" [syn: force, ram]
      5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive
         pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her
         passion"
      6: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy";
         "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
         [syn: repel, repulse, force back, push back, {beat
         back] [ant: attract]
      7: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will
         or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
      8: push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the
         wall"
      9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
         "drive the ball far out into the field"
      10: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for
          years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little
          to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her
          doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push]
      11: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
          driving at?" [syn: get, aim]
      12: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
          smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: ride]
      13: work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for
          the taxi company in Newark"
      14: move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around
          the corner"
      15: urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
      16: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
          [syn: take]
      17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
      18: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or
          less vertically; "drive a ball"
      19: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
      20: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by
          controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam
          drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for
          the computer"
      21: hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
      22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the
          game"
      [also: drove, driven]