ma·chine
noun/məˈʃiːn/
/məˈʃiːn/
Idioms - (often in compounds) a piece of equipment with many parts that work together to do a particular task. The power used to work a machine may be electricity, steam, gas, etc. or human power.
机器；机械装置 - Machines have replaced human labour in many industries.
在许多行业中，机器已经替代了人力。 - to operate/run a machine
操作机器 - How does this machine work?
这部机器是如何工作的？ - a washing/sewing machine
洗衣机；缝纫机 - a machine for making plastic toys
生产塑料玩具的机器 - They have installed a new coffee machine in the staff room.
他们在员工休息室装了一台新咖啡机。 - to invent/design a machine
发明／设计机器 - In the factory he oversees 14 teams of machine operators.
在工厂里，他负责管理 14 个机器操作员小组。 - by machine The potatoes are planted by machine.
这些土豆是用机器种植的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringa1- The machine runs on solar power.
这台机器靠太阳能工作。 - What make of machine are they using?
他们用的是什么牌子的机器？ - The machine is designed to fit under a counter.
这台机器是为安装在台面下而设计的。 - Treadmills and other exercise machines help residents to keep fit.
跑步机和其他健身器材帮助居民保持健康。 - Machine parts may need to be replaced.
机器零件可能需要更换。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- giant
- great
- huge
- …
- operate
- run
- use
- …
- go
- work
- break down
- …
- operator
- parts
- tool
- …
- by machine
- in a/the machine
- on a/the machine
- …
- a make of machine
- Machines have replaced human labour in many industries.
- a computer
计算机；电脑 - The new machines will be shipped next month.
新计算机将于下个月上市。 - We build machines that process data.
我们制造处理数据的计算机。 - All machines are connected online to reach specialists in Germany.
所有机器都在线连接以联系德国的专家。
- The new machines will be shipped next month.
- (informal) a particular machine, for example in the home, when you do not refer to it by its full name
（不提全称时的简略说法）机器 - Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine).
把那些衣服放到洗衣机里就行了。 - Is the machine working again?
机器又重新工作了吗？
- Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine).
- an organized system for achieving something and the people who control it
机构；组织 - the president’s propaganda machine
总统的宣传团队 - He played the Republican political machine to get himself into power.
他利用共和党的政治机器来让自己掌权。 - These years saw a massive growth in the US military machine.
这些年，美国的军事部门扩张了非常多。 - Hollywood’s slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star.
好莱坞狡猾的公关机器创造了一个新的改进的年轻电影明星模型。
Extra Examples- The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine.
独立候选人没有政党组织的支持。 - Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation.
他厌倦了当大机器上不起眼的小螺丝，于是提交了辞呈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- party
- political
- marketing
- …
- politician
- politics
- a cog in the machine
- a well-oiled machine
- the president’s propaganda machine
- (often disapproving) a person who acts without thinking and without allowing their feelings to show or to affect their work
机器般的人（做事呆板，不受感情影响） - In this movie he plays a lean, mean killing machine.
在这部电影中，他扮演一个精瘦、冷酷无情的杀手。 - He was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for his own personal safety.
他是完美的战斗机器，完全不顾自己的人身安全。 - This guy is as good as it gets ﹘﹘he's a machine on assignment!
这家伙真是太棒了﹘﹘他是一台执行任务的机器！
- In this movie he plays a lean, mean killing machine.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).
Idioms
a cog in the machine/wheel
- (informal) a person who is a small part of a large organization
（大机构中的）小职员，小成员