英语词汇“megamachine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

megamachine n.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡəməˌʃiːn/

U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəməˌʃin/

(a) a social system dominated by technology and functioning without regard for specifically human needs; (b) a very large or powerful machine; a network of machines.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > social structure or system > type of structure or system

system1806

white supremacy1824

communitarianism1840

familism1859

the Establishment1955

global village1959

megamachine1967

1967 L. Mumford Myth of Machine i. 12 Cosmic order was the basis of this new human order. The exactitude in measurement, the abstract mechanical system, the compulsive regularity of this ‘megamachine’, as I shall call it, sprang directly from astronomical observations and scientific calculations.

1984 Implement & Tractor July 43/2 He used his little, light-weight tractor to run circles round the mega-machines of that era [sc. the 1930s].

1991 J. Menick Lingo v. 86 One vast megamachine comprising practically every computer in the universe.

1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) v. 131 The footloose ‘postindustrial’ economy is supposed to have left such soulless mechanisms of control behind, but in reality the megamachine has simply fragmented and mutated.

单词	megamachine
释义	> as lemmas megamachine megamachine n. Brit. /ˈmɛɡəməˌʃiːn/ , U.S. /ˈmɛɡəməˌʃin/ (a) a social system dominated by technology and functioning without regard for specifically human needs; (b) a very large or powerful machine; a network of machines. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > social structure or system > type of structure or system system1806 white supremacy1824 communitarianism1840 familism1859 the Establishment1955 global village1959 megamachine1967 1967 L. Mumford Myth of Machine i. 12 Cosmic order was the basis of this new human order. The exactitude in measurement, the abstract mechanical system, the compulsive regularity of this ‘megamachine’, as I shall call it, sprang directly from astronomical observations and scientific calculations. 1984 Implement & Tractor July 43/2 He used his little, light-weight tractor to run circles round the mega-machines of that era [sc. the 1930s]. 1991 J. Menick Lingo v. 86 One vast megamachine comprising practically every computer in the universe. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) v. 131 The footloose ‘postindustrial’ economy is supposed to have left such soulless mechanisms of control behind, but in reality the megamachine has simply fragmented and mutated. extracted from mega-comb. form < as lemmas
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