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engineer 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌenjəˈni(ə)r/,
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engineers, plural;
  1. Design and build (a machine or structure)
    • - the men who engineered the tunnel
  2. Skillfully or artfully arrange for (an event or situation) to occur
    • - she engineered another meeting with him
  3. Modify (an organism) by manipulating its genetic material
    • - genetically engineered plants
Noun
  1. A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works

  2. A person qualified in a branch of engineering, esp. as a professional
    • - aeronautical engineer
  3. The operator or supervisor of an engine, esp. a railroad locomotive or the engine on an aircraft or ship

  4. A skillful contriver or originator of something
    • - the prime engineer of the approach
  1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
  2. design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"
  3. mastermind: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
  4. the operator of a railway locomotive
  5. (engineering) technology: the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  6. (engineering) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
  7. Engineer is an honorific used in Afghanistan, which is commonly translated into English, rather than being transliterated, like "Mullah" or "Maulvi".
  8. The Engineer is the name of two fictional characters in the . The current Engineer, Angela Spica, is a member of the Authority, first appears in The Authority #1 and was created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch.
  9. An engineer's degree is an advanced postgraduate academic degree in engineering that is conferred in Europe, Latin America and a few institutions in the United States. ...
  10. Engineer is a Tamil language film originally slated to be released in 1999. It is supposedly based on the true story of the Narmada dam project. It is a multi-budgeted film being made in three different languages, that is Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. It stars Arvind Swamy and Madhuri Dixit. ...
  11. Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many aspects of gameplay have remained relatively consistent throughout the series.
  12. Engineer (foaled 1756) was a brown English Thoroughbred stallion bred by William Fenton of Glass House, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain. ...
  13. (Engineered) A term describing hardwood construction. Engineered hardwood boards are manufactured from multiple layers, or plies, of solid wood assembled in a cross-ply construction. The top layer is the species and color you see when the boards are installed. ...
  14. (Engineered) An assembly made by bonding layers of veneer or lumber with an adhesive so that most adjacent layers have their grains going in perpendicular directions to increase dimensional stability.(1)
  15. (Engineered) A prefinished hardwood flooring composed of a hardwood layer glued on 5 ply plywood. Mirage These can be installed over concrete, nailed down or stapled down over a wood subfloor. They can also be used in conjuction with an underfloor heating system.
  16. (Engineered) Constructed from three or more plys of wood, increasing dimensional stability.
  17. (Engineered) Refers to a wood flooring product that is manufactured by gluing a hardwood veneer (layer) onto a plywood base. This type of flooring product is much more dimensionally stable than solid products, and can often be installed in a basement and over concrete.
  18. (Engineered) a multi-layered wood flooring board comprising of a surface veneer of real wood, bonded to a central softwood core and a counter balancing backing of softwood.
  19. (Engineering) The application of scientific knowledge for the design, control, or use of building structures, equipment, or apparatus
  20. (8. engineering) Same as  skirtn (sense 4)
  21. (Engineering) All the studies involved in the design and realization of an industrial project.
  22. (Engineering) As an emerging and leading multi-disciplinary team of professionals, we are comprised
  23. (Engineering) Covers anything which involves the construction of buildings........
  24. (Engineering) Design calculations and fabrication drawings.
  25. (Engineering) Precision - Made in Germany