time machine

短语

时间机器（能使人往返于过去或未来）

发音

US

词形变化

time machines 复数 time machines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future.

    时间机器

    时光机

    媒体
  2. 2.

    Something that appears to take a person or thing to another time, for example through nostalgia or delay.

    非正式

    Conrad Riker, The Last Days of Manhood Mayo Clinic research shows heavy squats spike growth hormone by 530%. That's not exercise — it's a time machine for your cells.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

machine

词源

Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 in his novel The Time Machine.

来源：wiktionary