Machine
[mə'ʃiːn] or [mə'ʃin]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.
(noun.) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point.
(noun.) a group that controls the activities of a political party; 'he was endorsed by the Democratic machine'.
(noun.) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; 'the war machine'.
(noun.) an efficient person; 'the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine'.
(verb.) make by machinery; 'The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars'.
(verb.) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery.
錄入:库尔特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
(n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.
(n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.
(n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.
(n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.
埃塞尔手打
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Engine, piece of mechanism.
乔安娜錄入
解釋/意思:
n. any artificial means or contrivance: any instrument for the conversion of motion: an engine: a coach or conveyance of any kind: one who can do only what he is told: a contrivance in the ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message—whence the expression Deus ex machĭna for a sudden interposition of Providence: any literary contrivance for the development of a plot: supernatural agency in a poem.—v.t. to use machinery for esp. to print or sew by such: to make by means of machinery.—ns. Machine′-gun a gun firing a great many shots one after the other sometimes as many as 1000 per minute; Machine′-man a man who manages the working of a machine esp. in a printing-office; Machin′ery machines in general: the working parts of a machine: combined means for keeping anything in action or for producing a desired result; Machine′-shop a workshop where machines are made; Machine′-tool an adjustable machine for doing work with cutting-tools or one utilising minor tools as a planing- drilling-machine &c.; Machine′-work work done by a machine; Machin′ist a constructor of machines: one well versed in machinery: one who works a machine.
編輯:桑德拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Together they set about designing the machine to make it as nearly perfect as possible in adaptation to the needs of modern business. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In the second method both operations are performed on a single machine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- All these features are now given to the shingle by modern machines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The manufacture of the projecting machines. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- From this point of time successful embroidery machines were made. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Rough machined dimensions: outside diameter, 139-3/8 inches; inside diameter, 130 inches; width, 50-3/4 inches; weight, 28,840 pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The process of heat-treating steel forgings before they are machined is one of the most scientific and accurate features in the manufacture of this car. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In the machining of the cylinder castings, and the operation of assembling the motor, close inspection of the work is noticeable. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied capacity. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:米歇尔