English-Italian translations for engine

motoreE’ il motore dell’integrazione. It is the engine of integration. Dov'è il motore della nostra economia? Where is the engine for our economy? Il motore dello sviluppo europeo fa le bizze. The engine of European development is spluttering.
locomotivaOvviamente si tratta di un uomo che non riuscirebbe a distinguere le due estremità di una locomotiva e la cui conoscenza nel settore si limita al personaggio Thomas the Tank Engine. Of course, this is a man who would not know one end of a railway locomotive from the other and whose expertise is restricted to Thomas the Tank Engine. Ci sarebbero state simili "raccomandazioni" se, al posto dell' Irlanda, ci fosse stata la Francia o la Germania? Non si sarebbe forse parlato invece della "locomotiva" europea? Would there have been 'recommendations' if it were France or Germany in Ireland' s place or would we be talking about a 'steam engine' of Europe? Qualcuno di voi avrà forse notato in qualche stazione ferroviaria la quantità di particelle che si disperde nell’aria al passaggio di una locomotiva di manovra. Some of you may well have seen, when standing on a station, the quantity of particulates that a diesel shunting engine discharges into the atmosphere as it goes back and forth.

A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task .
Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
Natural talent; genius.
To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels
To assault with an engine
To contrive; to put into action

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