| 单词 | mechanical |
| 释义 | me·chan·i·cal I. 1. a. < mechanical design > < nothing is more exasperating to the mechanical farmer than to be frustrated in his plans by lack of essential supplies — Country Life > < became one of the skilled mechanical superintendents of his day — Edna Yost > < the public had recognized the need for education in agriculture and the mechanical and industrial arts — J.B.Conant > : produced or operated by a machine or tool < agitate a substance by mechanical shaking > < a mechanical saw > b. 2. 3. a. < busy in a leisurely mechanical way — Douglas Stewart > < writers … learned but narrow in their range of feeling, dry, mechanical, timid, subservient — Van Wyck Brooks > b. < nor was capacity shown for anything above a mechanical handling of the matter — H.O.Taylor > 4. a. < the belief that the whole universe is a mechanical contrivance in which nothing can happen except in absolute accordance with the eternal and unalterable laws of mechanics — M.R.Cohen > < one of the first applications of mechanical energy in Texas manufacturing was the use of water power in pioneer sawmills and gristmills — American Guide Series: Texas > b. < the mechanical pressure of a wind of about 800 miles per hour could be tolerated by the well supported body — H.G.Armstrong > 5. < mechanical physiologists > < mechanical determinism > 6. < a mechanical stoker > 7. < mechanical weathering > < mechanical erosion > 8. of pulp Synonyms: see spontaneous II. 1. obsolete 2. also mechanical scheme |
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