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machine n.机器；做事效率高的人；工具；车辆v.以机器制造 (1) 这机器是为水下使用而特别改装的。(2) 我婆婆有一台缝纫机。(3) 这个团队现在运转十分良好。(4) 他指责那些将政治转变为赚钱工具的人。(5) 你的那辆车很抢眼。 Despite being man-made we’ve come to think of the word machine as the very opposite of human. The Machine Age we live in is considered impersonal and overwhelming, and anything machine-like is often considered soulless or even dangerous. (Witness the countless fantasies of robots taking over the world.) Human beings working together, like "the cogs of a machine," can become more powerful than a single person. That's why sports teams or political organizations are often described as "well-oiled machines."

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英 [mə'ʃiːn] 美 [mə'ʃiːn] (1) This machine has been specially adapted for underwater use.(2) My mother-in-law has a sewing machine.(3) The team is a well-oiled machine right now.(4) He criticized those who had turned politics into a money machine.(5) That's a mean machine you've got there. At its simplest, a machine is an invention that does a job better and faster and more powerfully than a human being. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]机器；机械 A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.   [also by N]I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.这台机器可以远程操作和监控。...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.那种由机器拍摄的护照用彩色照片2[VERB 动词]用机器制造；用机器加工 If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.   [be V-ed]  [be V-ed from n]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]The material is machined in a factory...这种材料在一家工厂里用机器加工成型。All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.所有零件都是用顶级高强度铝加工而成。...machined brass zinc alloy gears.机器加工成型的铜锌合金齿轮machining...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.我们的机器加工、装配和精加工程序3[N-COUNT 可数名词]大型机构；严密组织 You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.   [usu supp N]...Nazi Germany's military machine...纳粹德国的军事机构He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.他为另一位参选者在幕后组织政党宣传。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（由于工作过于劳累或乏味）机械般工作的人，做工作不动脑筋的人 If you say that someone is a machine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking. I think I have got to stop or I might turn into a machine...我想我得停下来了，否则我就会变成一台机器。He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine.他忘我地投入工作，就像是一台写作机器。5See also:fruit machine；sewing machine；slot machine；vending machine；

英语单词	machine
英美音标	英 [mə'ʃiːn] 美 [mə'ʃiːn]
中文释义	n.机器；做事效率高的人；工具；车辆 v.以机器制造
英语例句	(1) This machine has been specially adapted for underwater use. (2) My mother-in-law has a sewing machine. (3) The team is a well-oiled machine right now. (4) He criticized those who had turned politics into a money machine. (5) That's a mean machine you've got there.
中文例句	(1) 这机器是为水下使用而特别改装的。 (2) 我婆婆有一台缝纫机。 (3) 这个团队现在运转十分良好。 (4) 他指责那些将政治转变为赚钱工具的人。 (5) 你的那辆车很抢眼。
vocabulary简明	At its simplest, a machine is an invention that does a job better and faster and more powerfully than a human being.
vocabulary扩展	Despite being man-made we’ve come to think of the word machine as the very opposite of human. The Machine Age we live in is considered impersonal and overwhelming, and anything machine-like is often considered soulless or even dangerous. (Witness the countless fantasies of robots taking over the world.) Human beings working together, like "the cogs of a machine," can become more powerful than a single person. That's why sports teams or political organizations are often described as "well-oiled machines."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]机器；机械 A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work. [also by N] I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever... 我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。 The machine can be remotely operated and monitored. 这台机器可以远程操作和监控。 ...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports. 那种由机器拍摄的护照用彩色照片 2 [VERB 动词]用机器制造；用机器加工 If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine. [be V-ed] [be V-ed from n] [V-ed] [usu passive] The material is machined in a factory... 这种材料在一家工厂里用机器加工成型。 All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium. 所有零件都是用顶级高强度铝加工而成。 ...machined brass zinc alloy gears. 机器加工成型的铜锌合金齿轮 machining ...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes. 我们的机器加工、装配和精加工程序 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大型机构；严密组织 You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization. [usu supp N] ...Nazi Germany's military machine... 纳粹德国的军事机构 He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate. 他为另一位参选者在幕后组织政党宣传。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（由于工作过于劳累或乏味）机械般工作的人，做工作不动脑筋的人 If you say that someone is a machine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking. I think I have got to stop or I might turn into a machine... 我想我得停下来了，否则我就会变成一台机器。 He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine. 他忘我地投入工作，就像是一台写作机器。 5 See also:fruit machine ；sewing machine ；slot machine ；vending machine ；

Machine I N Count 可数名词 N Work D Human