machine

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A machine is a piece of equipment that uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work. 機器[also 'by' N]
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever. 我把硬幣投進機器，然後拉了控制杆。
2. N-COUNT You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization. 機搆
...Nazi Germany's military machine. …納粹德國的軍事機搆。
3. →see also vending machine
4. V-T If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine. 用機器制造; 用機器加工[usu passive]
The material is machined in a factory. 該材料在一家工廠用機器加工而成。
...machined brass zinc alloy gears. …機器加工的黃銅鋅郃金齒輪。