machines

英 [məˈʃiːnz]

美 [məˈʃiːnz]

n.  机器; 机械装置; (不提全称时的简略说法)机器; (组织的)核心机构
v.  (用机器)制造，加工成型
machine的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 机器;机械
  Amachineis a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
  1. I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...
     我把硬币投入机器，拉动控制杆。
  2. The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.
     这台机器可以远程操作和监控。
  3. ...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
     那种由机器拍摄的护照用彩色照片
• VERB 用机器制造;用机器加工
  If youmachinesomething, you make it or work on it using a machine.
  1. The material is machined in a factory...
     这种材料在一家工厂里用机器加工成型。
  2. All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
     所有零件都是用顶级高强度铝加工而成。
  3. ...machined brass zinc alloy gears.
     机器加工成型的铜锌合金齿轮
• N-COUNT 大型机构;严密组织
  You can usemachineto refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
  1. ...Nazi Germany's military machine...
     纳粹德国的军事机构
  2. He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
     他为另一位参选者在幕后组织政党宣传。
• N-COUNT （由于工作过于劳累或乏味）机械般工作的人，做工作不动脑筋的人
  If you say that someone is amachine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking.
  1. I think I have got to stop or I might turn into a machine...
     我想我得停下来了，否则我就会变成一台机器。
  2. He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine.
     他忘我地投入工作，就像是一台写作机器。
• See also:fruit machinesewing machineslot machinevending machine

双语例句

• These machines work on the same principle.
  这些机器按照相同的原理运转。
• Their attempts to clean up politics and smash the power of party machines failed.
  他们力图重整政坛、摧毁现有的政党机器，却以失败收场。
• Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled.
  每次更换产品，就得重新装备机器。
• He rode a shipment of machines in the truck on his return trip.
  他开车回来时搭运了一批机器。
• Given the sophistication of modern machines, there is little that cannot be successfully washed at home.
  鉴于现代机器的先进程度，几乎没有什么东西是在家里洗不了的。
• A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines
  一名技师把一盒录影带装进其中一台机器。
• Machines now exist to pack olives in jars.
  现在可用机器将橄榄装进罐子里。
• Most shredding machines are based on a revolving disc fitted with replaceable blades.
  大多数粉碎机都是基于一个装有可替换刀片的旋转圆盘来实现作业的。
• Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
  施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
• These machines are constantly updated by improving the design of the computers.
  通过改善计算机的设计，这些机器不断得到更新。