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| 1 | a piece of equipment that does a particular job by using electricity , steam , gas etc 机器 |
| Sue showed him how to operate the machine. 休教他如何操作那台机器。 |
| by machine These companies do everything by machine these days. 这些公司现在用机器干所有的活儿。 |
| | 1a | a computer 计算机；电脑 | | Put the disk in your machine and click on the ‘A’ drive. 把磁盘插入你的电脑并点击打开驱动器A。 | | Users will be able to upgrade their machines as necessary. 用户可根据需要升级自己的电脑。 | |
| | 1b | an answering machine | | There’ s a message on the machine for you. 录音电话上有你的留言。 | |
| | 1c | a washing machine | | Is it okay to put this shirt in the machine? 可以把这件衬衫放进洗衣机吗？ | |
| | 1d | a vending machine | | You can get a cup of coffee out of the machine. 你可以从那台自动售货机里买一杯咖啡。 | |
| | 1e | a cash machine | | He said the machine had swallowed his card. 他说那台取款机吞了他的卡。 | |
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| 2 | a person or animal that does something very effectively 效率高的人（或动物） |
| a fighting/killing machine The lion is an efficient killing machine. 狮子是高效的杀戮动物。 |
| a well-oiled machine (=a group or system that works well and easily) The team is a well-oiled machine right now. 和谐团队；运行顺利的系统 |
| | 2a | someone who works so hard at a particular activity that they have no time for other activities or for thoughts and feelings 机器般工作的人 | | By the end of the evening I felt like a cooking machine. 到了那天晚上，我感觉自己像一台煮饭机器。 | |
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| 3 | the people and things used for achieving a particular aim 机器（指用来达到某种目的的人或物） |
| the British war machine 英国的战争机器 |
| a money/propaganda machine He criticized those who had turned politics into a ‘money machine’ . 他批评那些把政治变成“金钱机器”的人。 |
| | 3a | an organized system of people with power , especially in politics （尤指政治中的）领导核心 | | the government/party machine The government machine moved swiftly to deny the allegations. 政府领导层立即否认了这些说法。 | |
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| 4 | informal a vehicle , especially a motorcycle 机动车；（尤指）摩托车 |
| That’ s a mean machine (=a beautiful vehicle) you’ ve got there. 你的那辆车棒极了。 |
| Other ways of saying : machine | | | | | | 谈论或描写machines | | | | device a small machine that has been designed to do something specific装置；设备；仪器: a device for measuring the temperature inside and outside the house用于测量室内外温度的装置a safety/explosive device安全/爆炸装置。 | | appliance a machine that has a practical use in the home（家用）器具，用具: household appliances such as cookers and dishwashers炊具和洗碗机之类的家用电器。 | | gadget a small machine that does something useful, or is designed to do something useful but is in fact useless or unnecessary小机器；小器具: a great little gadget that tells you when your egg is boiled能告知蛋什么时候煮熟的很棒的小装置。 | | tool an instrument that you hold in your hand to do something physical工具: the set of tools he uses for repairing the car他用的那套修车工具。 | | equipment things that you use for doing a particular job or for a particular purpose装备；设备；工具: play/kitchen/diving/climbing equipment游戏设备/厨房设备/潜水装备/登山装备The gardeners had left a pile of equipment lying on the lawn.花匠们在草坪上留下一堆工具。 | | implement a specially shaped object that you use for doing something specific（专用）工具，用具: a cutting/writing implement切割工具/书写用具。 | | contraption a machine that is very complicated and looks rather strange（复杂且外表新奇的）装置，玩意儿: an odd contraption that he must have made himself准是他自己动手做的古怪玩意儿。 | | mechanism a part of a machine that does something specific, especially something that involves opening or closing（尤指涉及开、关功能的）机件: I tried to open it but the mechanism had jammed.我试图打开它，但开关卡住了。 | | | |
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