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单词 automaton existence
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automaton existence
C1. General attributive and appositive, as automaton existence, automaton figure, automaton smile, automaton watch, etc.
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1769 J. Cox Descr. Piece Mechanism & Art 6 Before the bells are two Automaton figures of a man and a woman.
1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 1 June 3/2 Many years ago the exhibition of the automaton flute player excited the admiration and astonishment of all Europe.
1847 H. Melville Omoo lxxii. 278 Heavens! my head's all wheels and springs, like the automaton chess-player!
1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm (new ed.) ii. ii. 325 He smiled his automaton smile, and rebuttoned the bag.
1914 C. Hamilton Blindness of Virtue (new ed.) iv. 48 Endowed with a faculty for make-believe.., she instantly built up round her automaton husband a wonderful romance.
1945 P. White Let. 24 Oct. (1994) iii. 63 I can think of nothing more exhilarating..than escape from the Service and the automaton existence..one has led for so long.
1970 Canad. Antiques Collector Apr. 21/2 Mechanically similar to automaton watches, and just as fascinating to the novice,..are automaton clocks.
1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 30 Aug. There seemed to be no communication [between the band members], just the..synchronized, automaton movement through section after section of their involved pieces.
2006 Wired Jan. 125/4 Czech author Karel Capek coined the term robot in his 1920 play about automaton factory workers.
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