释义 |
automatonau‧tom‧a‧ton /ɔːˈtɒmətən $ ɒːˈtɑː-/ noun (plural automata /-tə/ or automatons) [countable] automatonOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin, Greek, from automatos; ➔ AUTOMATIC1 - As though I did not exist; as though it were an automaton who cleared brambles and counted magpies.
- He took my hand and led me away from the automaton.
- I was what the materialists declared a human to be, an automaton.
- It was the mechanical accuracy of an automaton.
- Rising slowly like an automaton, she made her way over to the counter and picked up the receiver.
- Servants were not allowed to have eyes that were alive, that spoke of a person and not an automaton.
- The automaton no longer looked so innocent.
1a machine, especially one in the shape of a human, that moves without anyone controlling it SYN robot2someone who seems unable to feel emotions or to think about what they are doing |