| 单词 | mechanically inclined |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmechanically inclined 5. With respect to mechanical interests or aptitudes. Chiefly in mechanically inclined, mechanically-minded adjs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [adverb] > mechanically mechanically1726 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [adjective] > mechanically-minded mechanically-minded1726 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 107 Having a Head mechanically turned,..I had made for myself a Table and Chair. 1788 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 30 Dec. A Work very useful for the working Mechanic, or the Gentleman mechanically inclined. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 201 Any mechanically inclined man can make one in a day. 1910 G. R. Lomer Concept of Method vi. 50 The whole machinery of the universe is machinery only to the mechanically-minded man. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday 13 A mechanically inclined boy has a wireless set, with which, if he knows the Morse code, he may listen to messages from ships at sea. 1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus ii. 45 Oscar the orang-utan,..the most mechanically-minded of all the apes. 1991 J. Garreau Edge City iv. 107 The second belonged to those mechanically inclined yeoman who had flocked to Detroit as it became a wood-forming and metal-bashing center. < as lemmas |
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