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单词 machinelike
释义

machinelike

adjective

ma·​chine·​like mə-ˈshēn-ˌlīk How to pronounce machinelike (audio)
: resembling or suggesting a machine especially in regularity of action or stereotyped uniformity of product

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Every facet of his performances was similarly somber and machinelike. New York Times, 3 May 2022 There is, to be sure, a certain logic in describing habits as machinelike. Meghan O’gieblyn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 Shimon, which was intentionally designed to sound machinelike (listen here), is meant to be a one-of-a-kind musical collaborator—or an inhuman rap-battle opponent. Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2020 Still another foursome processed Kurtag’s rigor with an exactitude almost frighteningly machinelike. Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018 The way Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph plays is machinelike. Nathan Ruiz, ajc, 6 Nov. 2017 As the trainees practice sewing straight lines on pieces of scrap fabric, supervisors pace the aisle, hoping to spot one with machinelike dexterity and speed. Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016 As a programming geek, Trapani- was accustomed to bringing machinelike efficiency to code, and the 30-year-old has been just as adept at streamlining everyday tasks. Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 June 2006 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1713, in the meaning defined above

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