单词 | machinal |
释义 | machinaladj. archaic. rare. Of or relating to a machine or machines; mechanical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] mathematical1565 mechanical1567 organical1594 mechanic1624 machinal1680 mechanistic1884 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 236 But to make it move thus..there are required several Machinal Helps. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 330 Man is..like a Mann'd Boat, where, besides the Machinal Part,..there is an Intelligent Being. 1761 Ann. Reg. 1760 Useful Projects 147/1 In the erection of the machinal crane-works. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. vi. 174 Khalîl had been seen by night uplifting stones..of Machinal weight, out of the great ruined well-pit. Derivatives maˈchinally adv. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adverb] mechanically1570 organically1798 machinallya1918 a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 74 And death seemed still withheld For torture of lying machinally shelled, At the pleasure of this world's Powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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