英汉词典

machine 基本解释

• n. 机械，机器；机构；机械般工作的人
• vt. 用机器制造
• n. (Machine)人名；(意)马基内

machine 词态变化

machine 中文词源

来自拉丁语machina,机器，引擎，装置，设施，诡计，来自PIE*magh,使能够，赋予力量，词源同might,magic,mechanic.

machine 英文词源

machine

machine: [16] The ultimate source of both machine and mechanic [14] was makhos, a Greek word meaning ‘contrivance, means’, and related distantly to English may ‘be able’ and might. From it was derived mēkhané, whose Doric dialect form mākhaná passed into Latin as māchina ‘engine, contrivance’. English acquired the word via Old French machine. Meanwhile mēkhané had spawned an adjectival derivative mēkhanikós, which was in due course to find its way into English through Latin mēchanicus.
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machine (n.)

1540s, "structure of any kind," from Middle French machine "device, contrivance," from Latin machina "machine, engine, military machine; device, trick; instrument" (source also of Spanish maquina, Italian macchina), from Greek makhana, Doric variant of mekhane "device, means," related to mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance," from PIE *maghana- "that which enables," from root *magh- (1) "to be able, have power" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic mogo "be able," Old English mæg "I can;" see may (v.)).

Main modern sense of "device made of moving parts for applying mechanical power" (1670s) probably grew out of mid-17c. senses of "apparatus, appliance" and "military siege-tower." In late 19c. slang the word was used for both "penis" and "vagina," one of the few so honored. Political sense is U.S. slang, first recorded 1876. Machine age is attested by 1851:

The idea of remodelling society at public meetings is one of the least reasonable which ever entered the mind of an agitator: and the notion that the relations of the sexes can be re-arranged and finally disposed of by preamble and resolution, is one of the latest, as it should have been the last, vagary of a machine age. ["The Literary World," Nov. 1, 1851]

Machine for living (in) "house" translates Le Corbusier's machine à habiter (1923).

machine (v.)

mid-15c., "decide, resolve," from Old French and Latin usages (see machine (n.)). Related: Machined; machining. Meaning "to make or form on a machine" is from 1878. Related: Machined; machining.

machine 英文释义

1. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

2. an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

"the war machine"

3. an efficient person;

"the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"

4. 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

"he needs a car to get to work"

5. a group that controls the activities of a political party;

"he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"

6. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

machine 同义词解析

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

这些名词均有"机器，装置"之意。

machine： 普通用词，泛指一切机器。

machinery： 指机器的总称。

mechanism： 指运行系统，简单的机械装置。

apparatus： 指具有特殊用途的装置。

engine： 既可泛指或大或小、简单或复杂的机械、机器，又可指产生动力的发动机或引擎。

motor： 通常指小型或轻型马达、发动机。

machine 双语例句

1. Planes dropped bombs and raked the beach with machine gun fire.

飞机投下炸弹，并用机关枪扫射海滩。

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2. Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.

父母可以设定这台机器的程序，使它在特定时间段无法开启。

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3. The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion.

对哈夫纳机器的修理即将结束。

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4. Boys and girls will enjoy messing about with any kind of machine.

男孩和女孩会喜欢摆弄各种机械装置。

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5. The three of us stood around the machine nodding wisely.

我们三人站在机器周围，若有所悟地点着头。

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machine 实用场景例句

Machines have replaced human labour in many industries.

在许多行业中，机器已经替代了人力。

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to operate/run a machine

操作 / 开机器

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How does this machine work?

这部机器是如何工作的？

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a washing/sewing machine

洗衣 / 缝纫机

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a machine for making plastic toys

生产塑料玩具的机器

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I left a message on her answering machine.

我在她的电话答录机上留了言。

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The potatoes are planted by machine .

这些土豆是用机器种植的。

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Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine) .

把那些衣服放到洗衣机里就行了。

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The new machines (= computers) will be shipped next month.

新机器下个月推向市场。

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the president's propaganda machine

总统的宣传班子

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This material can be cut and machined easily.

这种材料很容易用机器切割并加工成型。

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I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...

我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。

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The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.

这台机器可以远程操作和监控。

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The material is machined in a factory...

这种材料在一家工厂里用机器加工成型。

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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。

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...Nazi Germany's military machine...

纳粹德国的军事机构

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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。

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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。

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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。

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They advised the peasants on how to use the machine.

他们指导农民如何使用这台机器.

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This old machine is shot.

这台机器已旧了.

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This washing machine was guaranteed from mechanical failure — I demand a new one!

这台洗衣机出售时曾担保过不出机械性故障——我要换一台新的.

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