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propeller + verb (spins/rotates)
propeller 常与 spin、rotate 搭配，表示旋转。
The propeller spins quickly when the engine starts.
发动机启动时，螺旋桨快速旋转。
螺旋桨；推进器
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
螺旋桨；推进器
a mechanical device with blades that spins to push against air or water, making a vehicle move
The propeller spins quickly when the engine starts.
发动机启动时，螺旋桨快速旋转。
推进者；推动...的人或物。
One who, or that which, propels.
旋转以推动空气或水的机械装置
a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
螺旋桨；具有均匀形状叶片的机械装置,绕轴旋转以推动空气或水,尤用于推进飞机或船舶。
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
螺旋桨推进的轮船；螺旋桨蒸汽船。
A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
The boat's propeller was damaged by the shallow water, so we had to paddle back to shore.
船的螺旋桨被浅水损坏了，所以我们不得不划回岸边。
The airplane's propeller spun slowly as the pilot prepared for takeoff.
飞机的螺旋桨在飞行员准备起飞时缓慢旋转。
The drone's propellers are very loud, so we flew it in an open field.
无人机的螺旋桨声音很大，所以我们在空旷的场地放飞它。
propeller 常与 spin、rotate 搭配，表示旋转。
The propeller spins quickly when the engine starts.
发动机启动时，螺旋桨快速旋转。
propeller-driven 是复合形容词，意为“螺旋桨驱动的”。
They flew in a small propeller-driven aircraft.
他们乘坐一架小型螺旋桨飞机飞行。
表示“某物的螺旋桨”时，可以用 the propeller of ...。
The propeller of the boat was damaged.
船的螺旋桨损坏了。
手动转动螺旋桨是启动老式发动机的一种方式。
He turned the propeller by hand to start the engine.
他用手转动螺旋桨来启动发动机。
Not this
The plane has propeller.
Use this
The plane has a propeller.
propeller 是可数名词，单数用法前需要有冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉。
Not this
The drone has two propeller.
Use this
The drone has two propellers.
two 后接可数名词复数，propeller 的复数是 propellers；汉语名词没有复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
Not this
The ship is propeller by a propeller.
Use this
The ship is propelled by a propeller.
propeller 是名词，不能用作动词；被动语态 be + 过去分词，需用动词 propel 的过去分词 propelled。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
螺旋桨叶片
A bird struck the propeller blade during takeoff.
一只鸟在起飞时撞上了螺旋桨叶片。
螺旋桨轴
The propeller shaft transmits power from the engine to the propeller.
螺旋桨轴将动力从发动机传递到螺旋桨。
螺旋桨推进式飞机
Propeller-driven aircraft are more fuel-efficient at low speeds.
螺旋桨推进式飞机在低速时更省油。
变距螺旋桨
The variable-pitch propeller allows the pilot to adjust the blade angle.
变距螺旋桨使飞行员能够调整叶片角度。
螺旋桨尾流
The boat rocked violently in the ferry's propeller wash.
小船在渡轮的螺旋桨尾流中猛烈摇晃。
船舶螺旋桨
The ship's propeller became tangled in seaweed.
船的螺旋桨被海藻缠住了。
技术迷，科技爱好者
He is a total propeller-head, always reading about the latest gadgets.
他是个十足的技术迷，总在阅读最新设备的资讯。
Use propeller naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 propel（推进）加后缀 -er，就是“推进的东西”——螺旋桨。
语域：neutral 常见场景：航空、航海、机械工程 propeller 通常指飞机或船只的螺旋桨，也可指旋转推进装置，属于中性常用词，多用于技术或日常描述中。
与 propeller 押韵的常见词：seller、dweller、speller、cellar，它们的重读元音及之后均为 /ɛlɚ/。注意 umbrella 虽拼作 -ell-，但末尾是 /lə/，不押韵；propel 与 propeller 形近，但末尾没有 /ɚ/，读作 /prəˈpɛl/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.