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drive shaft; driving axle
The rotating shaft that transmits power from an engine or motor to the wheels or to a driven part of a machine. In a car it carries the engine's torque to the wheels that propel the vehicle.
車の駆動軸が折れた。
The car's drive shaft broke.
エンジンの力は駆動軸を通してタイヤに伝わる。
The engine's power is transmitted to the tires through the drive shaft.
この機械は駆動軸の回転によって全体が動く。
This machine's whole mechanism moves through the rotation of the drive shaft.
Formed from 駆動 (driving, actuation) + 軸 (shaft, axle). A standard term in automotive and mechanical engineering.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 駆動軸を回す: to turn the drive shaft
- 前輪駆動軸: front drive shaft
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 車軸: axle — the shaft on which a wheel turns, whether or not it delivers power.
- 回転軸: axis of rotation — any shaft or axis about which something rotates.