Mechanical
[mɪ'kænɪk(ə)l] or [mɪ'kænɪkəl]
解释:
(adj.) using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; 'a mechanical process'; 'his smile was very mechanical'; 'a mechanical toy' .
(adj.) relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics; 'a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance'; 'the mechanical pressure of a strong wind' .
(adj.) relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; 'mechanical arts'; 'mechanical design'; 'mechanical skills' .
手打:索菲--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
(a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
(a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
(a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.
(n.) A mechanic.
奥古斯汀录入
同义词及近义词:
a. Involuntary, blind, automatic.
录入:普勒斯顿
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Habitual, automatic, unreflective, spontaneous, effortless, unimpassioned
ANT:Labored, self-conscious, feeling, forced, spirited, appreciative, lifelike,lively, animated, impassioned
加文手打
例句:
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Against the unifying effort of Christendom and against the unifying influence of the mechanical revolution, catastrophe won. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But even thus early the stronger love of mechanical processes and of probing natural forces manifested itself. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- And without those powers, what mechanical tool or machine has since been developed? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Edison’s record was not for visual inspection, but was endowed with the mechanical function of reproducing sound. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- History fails to relate a great deal about the mechanical detail of the Pennington model, but it is said to have made a very creditable performance in exhibition. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- In a little more than a century this mechanical revolution has been brought about. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She was watching the fingers twitch across the eternal, mechanical, monotonous clock-face of time. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Upon this history, therefore, mechanical and illiberal as it may seem (all fineness and daintiness set aside), the greatest diligence must be bestowed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Herein lay the spring of the mechanical art and mystery of educating the reason without stooping to the cultivation of the sentiments and affections. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
整理:维维安