machine

英 [mə'ʃiːn] 美 [mə'ʃiːn]

• n. 机器；做事效率高的人；工具；车辆
• v. 以机器制造

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]机器,机械

   an instrument or apparatus which uses power, such as electricity to perform work

v. (动词)

1. vt. 用机器制造,用机器加工

   make or produce by machine, especially in sewing and printing; produce according to exact measurements

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 机器，机床，机械装置
2. （投币）自动售货机
3. 机动车，汽车，摩托车，（海滨浴场）更衣车
4. 机动器械
5. 机器人般工作的人，呆板的人
6. 复杂的机构，工作体系
7. 政党组织，领导核心，核心组织
8. （人或动物的）身体，器官
9. 打字机，计算机，录音机，印刷机等
10. （古时）制造舞台效果的装置
11. 大型油画
12. <俚>阴茎，阴茎套，男用避孕套

v. 动词

1. 用机器做
2. <英>用缝纫机制作
3. 用机械加工
4. 使定型，使统一尺度，使标准化

adj. 形容词

1. 机器的，机械的
2. 机制的，机械加工的
3. 标准化的
4. 老一套的
5. 核心组织的，领导核心的

英英释义

Noun:

1. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

2. an efficient person;

   "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
   

3. an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

   "the war machine"
   

4. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

5. a group that controls the activities of a political party;

   "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
   

6. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

   "he needs a car to get to work"
   

Verb:

1. turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

2. make by machinery;

   "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This machine has been specially adapted for underwater use.
   这机器是为水下使用而特别改装的。
2. My mother-in-law has a sewing machine.
   我婆婆有一台缝纫机。
3. The team is a well-oiled machine right now.
   这个团队现在运转十分良好。
4. He criticized those who had turned politics into a money machine.
   他指责那些将政治转变为赚钱工具的人。
5. That's a mean machine you've got there.
   你的那辆车很抢眼。

用作动词 (v.)

1. It will take less time to machine the curtains than to sew them by hand.
   用机器织窗帘比用手工缝花的时间要少。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The machine has been idling away for several minutes to get it warm.
   机器空转了几分钟以使它预热。
2. The machine can hammer metal very thin.
   这台机器能把金属锤得很薄。
3. They advised the peasants on how to use the machine.
   他们指导农民如何使用这台机器。
4. The worker operated the machine expertly; we admired him greatly.
   那位工人操纵机器很熟练,我们对他很钦佩。
5. They aided the rich to fix the machine.
   他们帮富人修理机器了。
6. I can't guess how to control the machine.
   我猜不出来怎样操纵那台机器。
7. How are the two halves of the machine joined together?
   这台机器的两部分是如何连在一起的?
8. The characteristics of the machine are fully detailed in our brochure.
   这部机器的性能在我们的小册子里有详细说明。
9. Please detail the characteristics of the machine.
   请详细说明该机器的性能。
10. Centrifugal machines are connected to the motor drive directly instead of through a gearbox.
    离心机不通过调速箱直接与电机驱动装置相连。
11. Harvesting machines are eating their way well into many fields, in spite of the wet weather.
    虽然天下着雨,收割机还是在田间割了一片一片的庄稼。
12. Let me demonstrate to you how this powerful machine works.
    我给你演示一下这台大功率机器的运转情况。
13. The powerful machine gummed the back of stamps.
    那台大功率机器给邮票的背面上胶。
14. With his own body Huang Jiguang blocked the muzzle of the enemy's machine gun.
    黄继光用自己的身体挡住了敌人的枪眼。
15. When the house was built, the garden had to be levelled off with a big earth-moving machine.
    建房时得用大型推土机把园子推平。
16. The new sewing machine didn't go down very well even after a month's use.
    这台新缝纫机用了一个月但还是不怎么顺手。
17. I don't think this new sewing machine is everything it's cracked up to be.
    我 看这台新缝纫机不如他们吹嘘得那么好。
18. The washing machine seems to have broken down again.
    洗衣机好像又坏了。
19. The washing machine didn't measure up to the required standards.
    这台洗衣机没有达到质量标准。
20. The salesman demonstrated the new washing machine.
    那位推销员演示如何使用新式洗衣机。
21. You'll have to complain to the Head Office if the washing machine stops working again .
    要是洗衣机再出毛病的话,你只好向总公司诉说了。
22. The word-processing machines increased productivity three-fold.
    这些文字处理机把生产率提高了三倍。
23. None of the word-processing machines on display here are imported.
    这里展出的文字处理机没有一件是进口的。
24. All the word-processing machines were quickly bought up the day they were offered for sale.
    所有的文字处理机在出售的当天很快被买光了。
25. The calculating machines are made in China.
    这些计算机是中国制造的。
26. The workers are busy dismantling the old calculating machines to make room for the installation of some new ones.
    工人们正在忙着拆卸计算机,为安装新计算机腾出地方。
27. That factory imported some printing machines from Germany last year.
    去年那家工厂从德国进口了一批印刷机。
28. They first tried to import such printing machines from abroad, but soon found that it wouldn't work.
    他们打算从国外进口这样的印刷机,但不久发现这样不行。
29. The copying machine is named after its inventor.
    这台复印机是以其发明者的名字命名的。
30. The copying machine is very simple to maintain.
    这复印机保养起来很简便。
31. The internal affairs of any political machine do not allow of external interference.
    政治机构的内部事物是不容许外国干涉的。
32. The factory has decided to farm out production of some of the machine parts to other plants.
    这家工厂决定把一些机器零件包给其他工厂去生产。
33. All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.
    设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
34. Data and specifications for the machine parts were often cited to demonstrate the merits and demerits of the factory's products.
    过去经常有人援引机器部件的数据和规格来说明这家工厂产品的优劣。
35. Now they can make all kinds of precision machine tools.
    他们现在能制造各种精密机床。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They machined the clothes.
   他们用机器制造衣服。
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2. The edge must be machined down to 0.03 millimetres.
   这边缘必须切割到 0.03 毫米的精确度。

经典引文

• To each mortal peradventure earth becomes a new machine.

  出自： Browning

• Rather than mould the cap and barrel..we machine them..from a solid block.

  出自：Arena

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• build a machine 制造机器
• control a machine 控制机器
• design a machine 设计机器
• fix a machine 安装机器
• fuel a machine 给机器加油
• have a machine in operation 使机器运转
• look after machine 看管机器
• manage a machine 操纵机器
• oil a machine 给机器上油
• operate a machine 操作机器
• pilot a machine 操纵机器
• put together a machine 安装机器
• run a machine 操作机器
• shut down a machine 关机器
• take a machine to pieces 拆卸机器
• take down a machine 拆机器

形容词+～

• calculating machine 计算机
• copying machine 复印机
• earth-moving machine 推土机
• hand-operated machine 手工操作的机器
• milking machine 挤奶机
• powerful machine 大功率机器
• printing machine 印刷机
• sewing machine 缝纫机
• washing machine 洗衣机
• word-processing machine 文字处理机
• political machine 政治机构

名词+～

• farm machine 农业机械
• money-access machine 存取款机
• X-ray machineX 光透视机
• party machine 党的机构
• state machine 国家机器

～+名词

• machine gun 机关枪
• machine language 机器语言,计算机语言
• machine tool 机床

介词+～

• made by machine 机械制造的
• life of a machine 机器的寿命
• teams of machines 成套的机器

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• machine advantageously 有利地用机器加工
• machine automatically 自动地用机器加工
• machine completely 完全用机器加工
• machine conditionally 有条件地用机器加工
• machine confidently 满怀信心地用机器加工
• machine critically 紧急地用机器加工
• machine directly 直接用机器加工
• machine extensively 大规模地用机器加工
• machine finally 最终用机器加工
• machine fitly 适度地用机器加工
• machine hastily 草率地用机器加工
• machine impossibly 不可能用机器加工
• machine laudably 值得赞许地用机器加工
• machine logically 合理地用机器加工
• machine marvelously 奇迹般地用机器制造
• machine mechanically 机械地用机器制造
• machine particularly 特别地用机器制造
• machine persistently 固执地用机器制造
• machine punctually 准时用机器制造
• machine scientifically 科学地用机器制造
• machine secretly 秘密地用机器制造
• machine strictly 严格地用机器制造
• machine systematically 有规律地用机器制造
• machine unconditionally 无条件地用机器制造
• machine unwillingly 勉强用机器制造
• machine widely 大规模地用机器制造

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. machine的基本意思是“机器”“机械”,由各种不同部件构成,以电或其他能源为驱动力,目的在于进行重复生产以节约人力,是可数名词。
2. machine指某种性能的机器时,其前可加修饰词,以区分其不同的功能和用途。
3. machine还可作“组织”“机构”解,表示的是抽象意义,通常不用复数形式。

v. (动词)

1. machine用作动词时,意思是“用机器制造”“用机器加工”,只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

machine, apparatus, implement, instrument

• 这组词的意思并不完全相同,前两个词都有“机器”“机械装置”的意思,而后两个词更强调“仪器,工具”。
• 1.machine指由各种不同部件构成的“机器”,为某种动力所驱动而进行重复的生产以节约人力。
• 2.apparatus概念极为广泛,指一套由若干独立部分构成、比较复杂的“设备”或“装置”,种类繁多,大小不拘。例如:
• This apparatus can purify a thousand gallons of water a minute.这种装置一分钟可以净化1000加仑的水。
• The television men set up their apparatus, ready to film.电视摄影人员将他们的全套设备安装好,准备开拍。
• 3.instrument经常指科学上或艺术上所使用的“器械,乐器”等,也可表示抽象的工具或受他人利用的工具。例如:
• Does your sister play any instrument?你姐姐会演奏什么乐器?
• He can play the piano, violin and several other instruments.他能演奏钢琴、小提琴以及其他几种乐器。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilized before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前都必须消毒。
• Language is an instrument for communication.语言是交际的工具。
• A police force is an instrument for keeping law and order.警察是维护法律与秩序的工具。
• 4.implement指完成某一项工作所需要的或使用的任何工具或装置,包括手工操作的工具和机器操作的工具。例如:
• There are a large variety of household implements on sale in the market.市场上有大量的各式各样的日用器具出售。
• Man's earliest implements were carved from stone and bone.人类最早的工具是由石头和骨头刻制而成的。

machine, machinery

• 这两个词的共同含义是“机器”,前者指一台机器,有单复数之分; 后者是集合名词,指机器总称,不可数。例如:
• How much machinery has been installed?已安装多少台机器了?

machine，machinery，mechanism，apparatus，engine，motor

• 这些名词均有“机器、装置”之意。
• machine普通用词，泛指一切机器。
• machinery指机器的总称。
• mechanism指运行系统，简单的机械装置。
• apparatus指具有特殊用途的装置。
• engine既可泛指或大或小、简单或复杂的机械、机器，又可指产生动力的发动机或引擎。
• motor通常指小型或轻型马达、发动机。

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪40年代进入英语，直接源自中古法语的machine，意为工具；最初源自古典拉丁语的machina，意为织物，框架，工具。

近反义词

【近义词】

• agency
• agent
• apparatus
• appliance
• contrivance
• device
• engine
• gadget
• instrument
• machinery
• structure
• tool