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machine

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ma·chine1 /məˈʃiːn/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  MACHINEa piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job 机器
washing/sewing etc machine
 Is the washing machine working now?
洗衣机在运转吗？
 Could you get me a coffee from the drinks machine?
给我从自动饮料机里买一罐咖啡好吗？
 The fax machine is broken.
传真机坏了。
switch/turn a machine on/off
 Turn the machine off before removing the cover.
打开盖子前请关闭机器电源。
by machine
 The letters are sorted by machine.
信件由机器分拣。
 Did you put my dirty shirts in the machine (=washing machine)?
你把我的脏衬衫放进洗衣机里了吗？
 I left a message for you on your machine (=telephone answering machine).
我在你的电话答录机里留了言。
 The machine wouldn’t let me have any money (=cash machine).
自动取款机不让我取钱。
→ answering machine, cash machine, vending machine
2  TDa computer 计算机
 My machine’s just crashed.
我的计算机刚刚死机了。
3  PPGa group of people who control and organize something – often used to show disapproval 〔控制某组织的〕核心人物，领导核心〔常含贬义〕
 the bureaucrats of the party machine
政党核心组织的官僚
 the government’s propaganda machine
政府的宣传机器
 the powerful American war machine
美国强大的战争机器
4  TT informal a vehicle, especially a motorbike 车辆〔尤指摩托车〕
 Riders have to learn to handle their machines in all conditions.
驾车者必须学会在各种环境下驾驶车辆。
 That’s a mean machine (=very fast and attractive vehicle) you have there.
你那辆车真棒。
5  WORK HARDa person or animal that does something very well or without having to think about it 天生具有…能力的人[动物]
 In the tiger, nature has produced the perfect hunting machine.
大自然让老虎成为天生的捕猎高手。
 I’m not a golfing machine. I make mistakes just like anyone else.
我打高尔夫球也不是百无一失，我像其他人一样会犯错误。
6. someone who seems to behave like a machine and to have no feelings or thoughts 机器似的人，麻木呆板的人 〔指没有感情和思想〕 SYN automaton
7  a well-oiled machine EFFECTIVEsomething that works very smoothly and effectively 上足了油的机器〔指工作非常顺利有效〕
 The office runs like a well-oiled machine.
该办事处像上足了润滑油的机器一样，运转顺畅。
Examples from the Corpus
a well-oiled machine• If you're trained correctly you become like a well-oiled machine.• This could never happen in the Bush operation, which has been turning out policy positions like a well-oiled machine.• It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
switch on/turn on a machine
Turn the machine on and slowly add the hot liquid.
switch off/turn off a machine
Is the tape machine switched off?
operate/work a machine
Have you been taught to operate the machine properly?
use a machine
Can you use the copy machine?
a machine operates/works
The machine works using solar power.
install a machine (=put it somewhere and connect it so it can be used)
300 new machines have been installed across the country.
upgrade a machine (=add new and better parts to it or replace it with a better one)
How much will it cost to upgrade the machine?
types of machine
a washing machine (=for washing clothes)
Put your dirty clothes straight in the washing machine.
a sewing machine
Can I borrow your sewing machine to make some curtains?
an answering machine (=for recording telephone messages)
There’s a message on the answering machine.
a coffee machine (=for providing cups of coffee)
She was at the coffee machine last time I saw her.
a vending machine (=for supplying drinks, chocolate bars etc)
You can buy hot drinks from the vending machine in the corridor.
a cash/ATM machine (=for giving you money from your bank account)
I need to stop at a cash machine.
a slot machine (=for putting coins in in order to try and win more money)
The casino has 500 slot machines.
a life-support machine (=for keeping a very sick person alive)
He has been on a life-support machine since the accident.
n THESAURUS
machine a piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job
a washing machine
an X-ray machine
Staff are trained to operate the machine.
appliance formal a machine or piece of electrical equipment, usually a large one, that people use in the home
The store sells kitchen appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers, and toasters.
We carry out repairs on a range of household appliances.
device a piece of equipment, usually a small electronic one, that does a special job
electronic listening devices
50,000 people downloaded the music to computers or portable devices such as iPods.
The device is fitted to the car and can detect stationary objects ahead.
gadget a small, useful, and cleverly-designed tool or machine
high-tech gadgets
He buys all the latest gadgets.
contraption a machine or piece of equipment that looks strange or complicated
There was a bizarre contraption for polishing the floor.
Examples from the Corpus
machine• You need a machine with 64 kilobytes of memory to run the program.• a machine that fills beer bottles• Ice could be made in huge quantities by machine.• Our soft-serve ice cream machine isn't working.• True, the programme will not actually run the Duomatic machine, since this is a mechanical selection knitting machine rather than electronic.• He's like an eating machine.• The product range includes equipment for medical uses: eg a vehicle for children with spina bifida and portable kidney machines.• I think there's something wrong with my machine -would you take a look at it?• Nintendo is promising there will be five to 10 games available for the new machine initially.• the party machine• the government's propaganda machine• Whenever she calls and the machine is on, she hangs up.• One cable was damaged, which was causing the machine to shut down frequently.• It's possible to operate the machines by remote control.• But perhaps the machine has taken over from the individual.• Just hit that button to stop the machine.• She took him to a pachinko parlor, a long narrow room full of people pressed against upright machines.• There is a washing machine in the basement of the building.• When it snows in Boston, residents litter the streets with old furniture, barrels and a rusty washing machine or two.• The motors of the wave machine run day and night.
washing/sewing etc machine• Don't wash a down bag in a washing machine, but by hand in the bath tub.• Dressmaking and sewing machines are totally foreign to many would-be kite flyers.• When it snows in Boston, residents litter the streets with old furniture, barrels and a rusty washing machine or two.• These qualities can be found in environment-friendly fridges and freezers, microwave or combination ovens, and energy saving washing machines.• Behind Benjy, the washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles.• Every night at bedtime I hide his hairbrush in his pillow and sometimes he hides my shoes in the washing machine.• If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine.• Then the announcement that she had bought a used sewing machine.
the party machine• It is easy to dismiss them as the strategic outpourings of a new recruit trying to impress the party machine.• Others were content to wield power in the party machines rather than in the public eye.• When Mr Michael Foot became leader, activists gained greater control of the party machine.• This apparent weakening of trade-union domination of the party machine was, however, somewhat illusory.• It places all the power in the hands of the party machine, which appoints the committee members.• As the incumbent leader, Mrs Thatcher possessed the advantage of having the support of the party machine.• He also understands the party machine, the smoke-filled rooms, the endless tortured resolutions and rule books.• Telephone canvassing, postal votes, the party machine at Labour's Millbank headquarters had all the answers.
mean machine• Video-Taped report follows Voice over It's called a bean machine ... more like a mean machine.
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machine2 verb [transitiveT]  
1. TIto fasten pieces of cloth together using a sewing machine 用缝纫机缝
2. Tto make or shape something using a machine 用机器制造[加工成型]
Examples from the Corpus
machine• From the foundry patterns for the pedestal down tO the fine machining, Taylor had presumably done it all.• Stretching the lace as I sewed, I machined the lining to the lace with a multi-zig-zag stitch.
From Longman Business Dictionary
machinema·chine1 /məˈʃiːn/ noun [countableC]
a piece of equipment that uses power such as electricity to do a particular task
Labour and machines are both at full capacity in the production department.
We plan to upgrade all machines used for data input.
→ answering machine → automated teller machine → cancellation machine → cash machine → client machine → dictation machine → fax machine → franking machine → vending machine
machinemachine2 verb [transitiveT]MANUFACTURING
to make or shape something with a special machine
Something like 60 tools may be used to machine a single item.
—machining noun [uncountableU]
All scrap metal from machining processes at the factory is recycled.
Origin machine1
(1500-1600) Old French Latin machina, from Greek mechane, from mechos “way of doing things”
ma·chine1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1machine2 verb
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