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

• The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
  重型机器发出的刺耳的摩擦声会让他们心烦意乱。
• The latest machines scramble the messages so that the conversation cannot easily be intercepted.
  最新的机器对信号作扰频处理，通话就不易被侦听了。
• These machines work on the same principle.
  这些机器按照相同的原理运转。
• I made the then heretical suggestion that it might be cheaper to design new machines.
  我提出了当时被认为是旁门左道的建议，说设计新机器可能更省钱。
• Tenants do not have to worry about leaking roofs and broken washing machines
  租房者无需担心屋顶漏水和洗衣机出故障。
• 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。
• 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。
• The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.
  现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。
• 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。
• One day these are multi-million dollar war machines and the next they are museum pieces.
  终有一天，今天这些还是价值不菲的战争武器，明天它们就会进入历史的博物馆。