单词 | engineer |
释义 | engineer engineer /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun [C]
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEER, PRODUCT ENGINEER, PROJECT ENGINEER, RE-ENGINEER, SALES ENGINEER, SOFTWARE ENGINEER
1 a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc. See note at PROFESSION
2 a person who is trained to repair machines and electrical equipment: They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
3 a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft: a flight engineer the chief engineer on a cruise liner
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to design and build sth: The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive.
2 to arrange for sth to happen or take place, especially when this is done secretly in order to give yourself an advantage: He is trying to engineer a merger of two leading department store groups. |
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