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machines

/məˈʃiːnz/

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noun

机器，机械。

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Examples :

"The factory uses machines to assemble the toys quickly. "

这家工厂使用机器来快速组装玩具。

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noun

机器，机械。

A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

Examples :

"The machines in the factory are used to assemble cars. "

工厂里的那些机械，比如汽车组装线上的设备，是用来组装汽车的。

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noun

电话答录机，语音信箱

(abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

Examples :

"I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine."

我之前给你打过电话，但是只听到了语音信箱。

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机器, 计算机.

Examples :

"The students used the school's machines to finish their research papers. "

学生们使用学校的计算机完成了他们的研究论文。

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机器人，工作狂

A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

Examples :

"Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons."

布鲁斯·坎贝尔简直是个“杀魔机器人”，因为他杀恶魔杀得太快了。

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机器，工具，运作体系。

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

Examples :

""The school's student government was run by powerful machines that decided all the club funding." "

学校的学生会由一些势力强大的运作体系操控，他们决定所有社团的资金分配。

politics organization government

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神祇，神灵。

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Examples :

"In Milton's Paradise Lost, the "machines" of God and Satan, in the form of angels and demons, drive the epic's grand battles and fateful decisions. "

在弥尔顿的《失乐园》中，上帝和撒旦的“神祇”——以天使和恶魔的形式出现——推动了这部史诗中宏伟的战斗和决定命运的抉择。

literature mythology supernatural

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政治机器，党机器。

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

Examples :

""For many years, the local political machines controlled who got jobs and contracts in the city." "

多年来，当地的政治机器控制着城市里谁能得到工作和合同。

politics government organization system

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鸡巴，阴茎

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舞台机械，机关

A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.

Examples :

"In his play, the director used elaborate machines, lowering an actress dressed as a goddess from the ceiling to deliver the crucial message that resolved the conflict, a classic example of deus ex machina. "

在他的剧中，导演使用了精巧的舞台机关，从天花板上放下了一位装扮成女神的演员，传递了解除冲突的关键信息，这正是典型的“解围之神”。

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沐浴车

A bathing machine.

Examples :

"In the 18th century, people used machines to change into their swimsuits privately on the beach. "

在18世纪，人们使用沐浴车在海滩上私密地更换泳衣。

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verb

用机器制造, 机械加工

To make by machinery.

Examples :

"The factory machines thousands of plastic toys every day. "

这家工厂每天用机器制造数千个塑料玩具。

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verb

用机器加工，机加工

To shape or finish by machinery.

Examples :

"The factory machines metal into precise engine parts. "

这家工厂用机器将金属机加工成精密的引擎零件。

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