droid
/drɔɪd/noun
1- (in science fiction) a robot（科学幻想小说中的）机器人。
1.1
- figurative a person regarded as lifeless or mechanical〈喻〉机器般的人, 死气沉沉的人, 呆板的人：
she will probably leave you for a sales droid.
她很可能会舍弃你而去物色一个只会刻板地搞推销的人。
1.2
- Computing a program which automatically collects information from remote systems【计算机】从远程系统自动收集信息的程序。
词源
1970s: shortening of ANDROID.