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- an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task机械装置, 机器：
a fax machine
传真机
a shredding machine.
碎纸机。
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- usu. with modifier a coin-operated dispenser（投币式）自动售货机：
a cigarette machine.
自动售烟机。
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- technical any device that transmits a force or directs its application〈技〉机器, 机械（装置）。
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- figurative an efficient and well-organized group of powerful people〈喻〉机构, 权力组织：
his campaign illustrated the continuing strength of a powerful political machine.
他的竞选活动展现了强大政治机器的持续威力。
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- figurative a person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine〈喻〉机械般工作的人：
comedians are more than just laugh machines.
喜剧演员远远不只是逗笑的机器。
with obj.
1- (especially in manufacturing) make or operate on with a machine（尤指制造业）用机器加工; 用机器操作：
as adj. machined a decoratively machined brass rod.经过装饰性机械加工的铜棒。
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- Brit. sew or make with a sewing machine〈英〉用缝纫机缝制, 用缝纫机加工。
词源
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure of any kind)： from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana （Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos 'contrivance'）.