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ma.chinemE5Fi:nn [C]a device with several moving parts which uses power to do a particular type of work机器，仪器We visited a factory in Hawaii where we saw machines for preparing pineapples to be put in cans.我们在夏威夷参观工厂时，看到了能罐装菠萝的机器。Eggs are sorted into different sizes by a machine.鸡蛋是由机器分捡的。It would be nice to be shown some appreciation for all I do--I'm a person, not a machine.我很高兴我的作为能赢得赞赏----我是人，不是机器。(fig. disapproving) As far as my children are concerned, I'm just a meal-providing machine (= I have no thoughts or feelings).对我的孩子来说，我只是做饭的机器（没有思想和感情）。Machine is also often used when referring to devices used for a particular purpose.特指某一机器If I'm not home when you call, leave a message on the machine (answering machine).如果你打来电话时我不在家，请在答录机上留言。Don't forget to put the washing in the machine before you go out (washing machine).出去之前别忘了把衣物放到洗衣机里去。I put 50p in the machine, but I didn't get anything out of it (drinks/vending machine)我往自动售货机里投了50便士，但什么也没拿到。Machine is also used to mean computer.计算机，电脑machine-readable text (= text that can be understood by a computer)（电脑）可读文件machine code (= a set of numbers that a computer can understand and which gives it instructions)计算机密码machine translation (= the process of changing text from one language into another language using a computer)机器翻译(infml approving) Machine is sometimes used to refer to a vehicle, esp. a motorcycle.车辆，尤指摩托车That's a mean machine (= one attracting great admiration) you've got there, Bill.比尔，你的摩托车真令人羡慕。A machine is also a group of people who control and organize something.决策机构，组织者Churchill's war machine丘吉尔的战争决策机构The party machine has swung into action with its preparation for the election.政党的竞选班子已经开始为选举做准备了。It's now up to the government's propaganda machine to restore the prime minister's image.现在得借助政府的宣传工具来重塑首相形象。A machine gun is an automatic gun which can fire a lot of bullets one after the other very quickly.机关枪，机枪To machine-gun someone is to shoot them with such a gun.向某人开火Snipers with machine guns are hiding out in high buildings above the city.机枪阻击手正躲在控制城市的高楼上。Several journalists were caught in machine-gun fire.几名新闻记者受到了机关枪扫射。The raiders machine-gunned everyone in the bank before escaping in a van.抢劫犯在乘车逃离之前用机枪扫射了银行内的人们。The car industry uses machine tools (= tools which use power to cut and shape metal or other materials) for cutting car body parts.汽车业用机床切割车身部件。"A house is a machine for living in" (Le Corbusier in Towards an Architecture, 1923)“住房只是居住的工具”（勒科尔比西埃《关于建筑》）
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