machine

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n. 机器, 机械装置, 机构, 自动售货机, 机械般工作的人 vt. 以机器制造

发音

UK /məˈʃiːn/
US /məˈʃiːn/
IN /mɛˈʃin/
US /məˈʃiːn/
IN /məˈʃin/

词形变化

machines 复数 machines machined machines 三单 machining machining 现在分词 machined 过去式 machined 过去分词

别名

Mach. mercheen M/C

教材释义与例句

名词

机械,机器;机构;机械般工作的人

a piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job

动词

用机器制造

to make or shape something using a machine

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

    机器

    机械

    器械

  2. 2.

    A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

    过时
  3. 3.

    An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

    媒体 工程

    I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.

  4. 4.

    A computer.

    计算机 工程 数学

    Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.

    He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.

  5. 5.

    A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

    比喻

    Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.

    The government has become a money-making machine.

  6. 6.

    Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

    机构

  7. 7.

    Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

    媒体
  8. 8.

    The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

    美国 政治
  9. 9.

    Penis.

    委婉 废旧
  10. 10.

    A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.

    历史
  11. 11.

    A bathing machine.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To make by machinery.

  2. 2.

    To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.

词汇关系

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.

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