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单词 machine
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machine
(məʃn )
Word forms: machines , machining , machined
1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] A2
A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever.
The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.
...a colour photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
Synonyms: appliance, device, apparatus, engine [obsolete]  
2. verb [usually passive]
If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.
The material is machined in a factory. [be VERB-ed]
All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium. [be VERB-ed + from]
...machined brass zinc alloy gears. [VERB-ed]
machining uncountable noun
...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.
3. countable noun
You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
...Nazi Germany's military machine.
He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
Synonyms: system, agency, structure, organization  
4. countable noun
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.
He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine.
5.  See also fruit machine, sewing machine, slot machine, vending machine
Quotations:
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slaveryBertrand RussellSceptical Essays: Machines and the Emotions
Collocations:
cardio machine
I felt self-conscious initially and kept a low profile but slowly built up my time on the cardio machines and increased weights bit by bit.
The Sun
I ditched the cardio machines and started training with weights.
Times, Sunday Times
Fitness meant above all the development of cardio machines: upright bikes, recumbent bikes, treadmills (or running machines) and rowing machines.
Times, Sunday Times
We walked under the cardio machines and out into the giant weight room and took a hard right into the heart of the gym.
Times, Sunday Times
So when he gives me a training session using several different cardio machines, he knows how they work, how they were designed and how they differ from other, similar machines.
Times, Sunday Times
machine manufacturer
In 1964 the company took new direction of production and improved the state of the company into that of big machine manufacturer.
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From 1954 to 1991 a large part of the site was used by a continuous-flow machine manufacturer to build aircraft turbines.
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There are other widths depending on the machine manufacturer.
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Most dough sheeters can handle a wide variety of dough depending on the machine manufacturer.
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Frozen custard, when made in a proper continuous freezer will have an overrun of 1530% depending on the machine manufacturer (an overrun percentage similar to gelato).
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mechanical machine
The first test used was a mechanical machine that could test response time.
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Minster manufactures mechanical machine presses, reels, coil cars, die transfer tables, and press controls for domestic and international markets.
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His fortress has a cannon which repels his opponents and several mechanical machines.
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Most times horses are very sensitive to mechanical machines and loud noises.
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This was easily automated by mechanical machines.
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operate a machine
If an operator cannot read the controls, he or she cannot operate the machine safely or efficiently.
Times, Sunday Times
One must operate a machine, and as such one must learn.
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The container side becomes heavier, and so the lever with the filled container moves downward, which may be used to operate a machine drive.
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Operational cost reductions were expected to be achieved at least in part by reducing the number of personnel required to maintain and operate the machine.
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Those companies may have to decide whether to demand higher fees per transaction from banks, or to stop operating some machines.
Times,Sunday Times
printing machine
The bloke who operated the presumably digital printing machine and the member of the management who then checked what had been printed.
The Sun
Then you find the equivalent in this printing machine.
Times, Sunday Times
Ceramic grinding machines, turned parts, blow moulding packs and a printing machine were designed and built in-house.
Times, Sunday Times
If the local bookstore has its own printing machine, the price may be even lower.
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This was completed in 1830, and the first steam printing machine installed in 1834.
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recording machine
There was unceasing criticism, either bellowed down the telephone or arriving from a curiously antique recording machine.
Times, Sunday Times
One day he staggered in to the house after work, carrying what looked like an enormous green trunk: it was an early reel-to-reel recording machine.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of sending his report to a recording machine as ordered, they put it on the shortwave transmitter.
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He later bought himself a four track recording machine and started songwriting and singing.
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It was recorded on entirely analogue equipment in real time, with each track recorded on a one-track-per-day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine.
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sophisticated machine
It may be a sophisticated machine, but sometimes only the human touch will do.
Times, Sunday Times
The body and mind make a highly sophisticated machine.
Times, Sunday Times
Combined-cycle plants are sophisticated machines and don't like being switched on and off.
Times, Sunday Times
Taken to hospital earlier this year with heart problems, he passed row upon row of sophisticated machines and medical staff.
Times, Sunday Times
As they moved on to more sophisticated machines, the computer revolution was just getting going.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 机器, 用机器制造/加工
Japanese: 機械, 機械で作る
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