1 N-COUNT [oft by NOUN] 机器;机械 A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work. 机器;机械
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I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever.
我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。
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The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.
这台机器可以远程操作和监控。
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...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
那种由机器拍摄的护照用彩色照片
SYN appliance, device, apparatus, engine [obsolete]
2 VERB [usually passive] 用机器制造;用机器加工 If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine. 用机器制造;用机器加工
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The material is machined in a factory. [be VERB-ed]
这种材料在一家工厂里用机器加工成型。
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All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium. [be VERB-ed + from]
所有零件都是用顶级高强度铝加工而成。
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...machined brass zinc alloy gears. [VERB-ed]
机器加工成型的铜锌合金齿轮
3 N-COUNT 大型机构;严密组织 You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization. 大型机构;严密组织
SYN system, agency, structure, organization
4 N-COUNT （由于工作过于劳累或乏味）机械般工作的人，做工作不动脑筋的人 If you say that someone is a machine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking. （由于工作过于劳累或乏味）机械般工作的人，做工作不动脑筋的人
5 See also: fruit machine sewing machine slot machine vending machine
Quotations
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery Bertrand Russell Sceptical Essays: Machines and the Emotions
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | machine Also look up: |
| N. | appliance, computer, gadget, mechanism 1 organization, structure, system 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use machine with: |
| VERB. | design a machine, invent a machine, use a machine 1 |
| ADJ. | heavy machine, new machine, machine washable 1 |
| N. | machine oil, machine parts, machine shop, Xerox machine 1 |
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