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Mechanic Sense 14c Latin Mechanicus Greek Mekhanikos Full

正面 4298.mechanic
英 [mɪ'kænɪk]美 [mə'kænɪk]

背面
释义:
n. 技工,机修工adj. 手工的n. (Mechanic)人名;(英)梅凯尼克
例句:
1. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.电梯修理工可以转动这根杠杆直接操作机器。

1、bulli- => boill- => boil- => boil.
mechanic 机械的,机械师,技工来自拉丁mechanicus,机械师,来自machina,机械,引擎,工具,词源同machine.
mechanic (adj.)late 14c., "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical), also "having to do with tools," from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "full of resources, inventive, ingenious," literally "mechanical, pertaining to machines," from mekhane (see machine (n.)). Meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1620s.mechanic (n.)"manual laborer," late 14c., from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "an engineer," noun use of adjective meaning "full of resources, inventive, ingenious" (see mechanic (adj.)). Sense of "one who is employed in manual labor, a handicraft worker, an artisan" (chief sense through early 19c.) is attested from 1560s. Sense of "skilled workman who is concerned with making or repair of machinery" is from 1660s, but not the main sense until the rise of the automobile."

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