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单词 underengined
释义

underengined

English

Etymology

From under- + engined.

Adjective

underengined (not comparable)

  1. having too small an engine in relation to its size.
    • 1889-1913, Rudyard Kipling, "From Sea to Sea", From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel
      Only under the most favorable circumstances of wind and steam can their underengined boats cover the distance in fifteen days. Our City of Peking, for instance, had been jogging along at a gentle ten knots an hour, a pace out of all proportion to her bulk.
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