| 单词 | machine room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmachine room machine room n. a room in which machines (esp. printing presses) are operated. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing trade > [noun] > printing establishment > rooms in printing establishment press room1683 composing-room1737 plate room1767 machine room1833 caseroom1834 plate-safe1888 1815 Ann. Reg., Chron. (1816) 84 The shaping machine-room [at the Mint].] 1833 Penny Mag. Monthly Suppl. Nov.–Dec. 510/1 There are more printing machines at work than at any other office in the world... Upon entering the machine-room the stranger will naturally feel distracted by the din of so many wheels and cylinders in action. 1904 Brit. Printer Feb. 6/2 One of the strong points of the establishment—its machine-room accommodation—is examined. 1972 P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 294 The machine-room overseer, an important man who ran the hand-press department as well as the machine-room. 1995 Guardian 14 Jan. (Weekend Travel Suppl.) 12/3 I..was diagnosed as being in need of ‘proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation’, so I rowed to Maui and climbed up a mountain all without leaving the machine room. < as lemmas |
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