torque
noun /tɔːk/
/tɔːrk/
[uncountable] (specialist)- a twisting force that causes machines, etc. to rotate (= turn around)
(使机器等旋转的)转矩 - The more torque an engine has, the bigger the load it can pull in the same gear.
发动机的扭转力越大,同档情况下的牵引力就越大。
词源late 19th cent.: from Latin torquere ‘to twist’. - The more torque an engine has, the bigger the load it can pull in the same gear.