ro·bot
noun/ˈrəʊbɒt/
/ˈrəʊbɑːt/
- a machine that can perform a complicated series of tasks by itself
机器人 - These cars are built by robots.
这些汽车是由机器人制造的。 - On her first flight she was responsible for operating the shuttle's robot arm.
在她的第一次飞行中，她负责操作航天飞机的机械臂。
- These cars are built by robots.
- (especially in stories) a machine that is made to look like a human and that can do some things that a human can do
（尤指故事中的）机器人 - a toy robot
玩具机器人 - The action starts when an army of giant robots invades Manhattan.
故事从一大群巨型机器人入侵曼哈顿开始。
- a toy robot
- (South African English) a traffic light
交通信号灯 - Turn left at the first robot.
在第一个交通信号灯处向左拐。
- Turn left at the first robot.
Word Originfrom Czech, from robota ‘forced labour’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘ Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920).