machine

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

名词 machine:

1. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
2. an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
3. an efficient person
4. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
   同义词：car, auto, automobile, motorcar
5. a group that controls the activities of a political party
   同义词：political machine
6. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
   同义词：simple machine

动词 machine:

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

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. The edge must be machined to 0.02 millimeters.
   这边缘必须切割到0.02毫米的精密度。
3. Can you give me an explanation of the man-machine interface?
   你能给我解释一下人机接口吗？
4. My mother-in-law has a sewing machine.
   我婆婆有一台缝纫机。

ma.chine

n.Abbr. mach.（名词）缩写 mach.

A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.
机床：一个由固定和可移动部件组成的装置，可以把机械能转化为其他更为有用的形式
A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.
机械装置：一个简单装置，如杠杆、滑轮或斜面刨，可以改变作用力的大小或方向或同时改变；简单机械装置
A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
机械系统：用来工作的系统或装置，如汽车或手持式凿岩机，包括其动力源和辅助设备
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task:
机器，体系：一个系统或装置，如计算机，可以代替人或帮助人工作：
例句：
The machine is down.
机器坏了

An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.
身体：一种复杂的自然系统或组织，如人体
A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.
机械般的人：那种行动僵化、机械的、或处在无意识状态的人
An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders:
核心，组织：一个组织的成员处于或看起来处于一个或多个领导人的控制下：
例句：
a political machine.
政治核心

A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.
舞台装置：一种制造舞台效果的装置，特指用机械升降方式把演员置于舞台之上
A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.
产生文学效果：为产生效果的文学手段，特指引进超自然因素使情节得以解决
adj.（形容词）
Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine:
象机器的：机器的，关于或感觉上象机器的：
例句：
machine repairs; machine politics.
机器的维修；核心政治

v.（动词）
ma.chined,ma.chin.ing,ma.chines
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cut, shape, or finish by machine.
以机器制作：用机器来切削、成形或完成
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine:
被机器切削、成形或完成：
例句：
This metal machines easily.
这金属易于切削

来源：
French
法语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin m3china
源自 拉丁语 m3china
from Greek môkhanô, makhana * see magh-
源自 希腊语 môkhanô, makhana *参见 magh-

【引伸】
machin.able
adj.（形容词）
machine.less
adj.（形容词）