noun🔗Share机器，机械。 A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect."The factory uses machines to assemble the toys quickly. "这家工厂使用机器来快速组装玩具。technologymachinedeviceindustrysciencetechnicalphysicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share机器，机械。 A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane."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。vehiclemachinetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share电话答录机，语音信箱 (abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail."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。technologycommunicationelectronicsmachinedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share机器, 计算机. A computer."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。computingmachineelectronicstechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share机器人，工作狂 A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional."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。characterorganizationinhumanmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share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.""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。politicsorganizationgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share神祇，神灵。 Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit."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。literaturemythologysupernaturalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share政治机器，党机器。 The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.""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。politicsgovernmentorganizationsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share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."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”。artliteraturemythologyhistoryentertainmentstagemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share沐浴车 A bathing machine."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。machinevehiclenauticaldevicebuildingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用机器制造, 机械加工 To make by machinery."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。machinetechnologyindustryworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用机器加工，机加工 To shape or finish by machinery."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。machinetechnologyindustrytechnicalworkdeviceactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
