音标：[mә'ʃi:n] ；柯林斯词典等级：4 级；牛津三千核心词汇；

n. 机器, 机械装置, 机构, 自动售货机, 机械般工作的人
vt. 以机器制造

n. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
n. an efficient person
n. an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
n. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

词型变化：名词复数形式 : machines ; 过去分词 : machined ; 现在分词 : machining ; 过去式 : machined ; 第三人称单数 : machines
考试类型：[中考/高考/IELTS]

词性分布：

名词95%

动词5%

machine的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

This machine has been specially adapted for underwater use.这机器是为水下使用而特别改装的。
My mother-in-law has a sewing machine.我婆婆有一台缝纫机。
The team is a well-oiled machine right now.这个团队现在运转十分良好。
He criticized those who had turned politics into a money machine.他指责那些将政治转变为赚钱工具的人。
That's a mean machine you've got there.你的那辆车很抢眼。

用作动词(v.)

It will take less time to machine the curtains than to sew them by hand.用机器织窗帘比用手工缝花的时间要少。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

The machine has been idling away for several minutes to get it warm.机器空转了几分钟以使它预热。
The machine can hammer metal very thin.这台机器能把金属锤得很薄。
They advised the peasants on how to use the machine.他们指导农民如何使用这台机器。
The worker operated the machine expertly; we admired him greatly.那位工人操纵机器很熟练,我们对他很钦佩。
They aided the rich to fix the machine.他们帮富人修理机器了。
I can't guess how to control the machine.我猜不出来怎样操纵那台机器。
How are the two halves of the machine joined together?这台机器的两部分是如何连在一起的?
The characteristics of the machine are fully detailed in our brochure.这部机器的性能在我们的小册子里有详细说明。
Please detail the characteristics of the machine.请详细说明该机器的性能。
Centrifugal machines are connected to the motor drive directly instead of through a gearbox.离心机不通过调速箱直接与电机驱动装置相连。
Harvesting machines are eating their way well into many fields, in spite of the wet weather.虽然天下着雨,收割机还是在田间割了一片一片的庄稼。
Let me demonstrate to you how this powerful machine works.我给你演示一下这台大功率机器的运转情况。
The powerful machine gummed the back of stamps.那台大功率机器给邮票的背面上胶。
With his own body Huang Jiguang blocked the muzzle of the enemy's machine gun.黄继光用自己的身体挡住了敌人的枪眼。
When the house was built, the garden had to be levelled off with a big earth-moving machine.建房时得用大型推土机把园子推平。
The new sewing machine didn't go down very well even after a month's use.这台新缝纫机用了一个月但还是不怎么顺手。
I don't think this new sewing machine is everything it's cracked up to be.我看这台新缝纫机不如他们吹嘘得那么好。
The washing machine seems to have broken down again.洗衣机好像又坏了。
The washing machine didn't measure up to the required standards.这台洗衣机没有达到质量标准。
The salesman demonstrated the new washing machine.那位推销员演示如何使用新式洗衣机。
You'll have to complain to the Head Office if the washing machine stops working again .要是洗衣机再出毛病的话,你只好向总公司诉说了。
The word-processing machines increased productivity three-fold.这些文字处理机把生产率提高了三倍。
None of the word-processing machines on display here are imported.这里展出的文字处理机没有一件是进口的。
All the word-processing machines were quickly bought up the day they were offered for sale.所有的文字处理机在出售的当天很快被买光了。
The calculating machines are made in China.这些计算机是中国制造的。
The workers are busy dismantling the old calculating machines to make room for the installation of some new ones.工人们正在忙着拆卸计算机,为安装新计算机腾出地方。
That factory imported some printing machines from Germany last year.去年那家工厂从德国进口了一批印刷机。
They first tried to import such printing machines from abroad, but soon found that it wouldn't work.他们打算从国外进口这样的印刷机,但不久发现这样不行。
The copying machine is named after its inventor.这台复印机是以其发明者的名字命名的。
The copying machine is very simple to maintain.这复印机保养起来很简便。
The internal affairs of any political machine do not allow of external interference.政治机构的内部事物是不容许外国干涉的。
The factory has decided to farm out production of some of the machine parts to other plants.这家工厂决定把一些机器零件包给其他工厂去生产。
All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
Data and specifications for the machine parts were often cited to demonstrate the merits and demerits of the factory's products.过去经常有人援引机器部件的数据和规格来说明这家工厂产品的优劣。
Now they can make all kinds of precision machine tools.他们现在能制造各种精密机床。

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

They machined the clothes.他们用机器制造衣服。

The edge must be machined down to 0.03 millimetres.这边缘必须切割到 0.03 毫米的精确度。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

build a machine制造机器
control a machine控制机器
design a machine设计机器
fix a machine安装机器
fuel a machine给机器加油
have a machine in operation使机器运转
look after machine看管机器
manage a machine操纵机器
oil a machine给机器上油
operate a machine操作机器
pilot a machine操纵机器
put together a machine安装机器
run a machine操作机器
shut down a machine关机器
take a machine to pieces拆卸机器
take down a machine拆机器

形容词+～

calculating machine计算机
copying machine复印机
earth-moving machine推土机
hand-operated machine手工操作的机器
milking machine挤奶机
powerful machine大功率机器
printing machine印刷机
sewing machine缝纫机
washing machine洗衣机
word-processing machine文字处理机
political machine政治机构

名词+～

farm machine农业机械
money-access machine存取款机
X-ray machineX光透视机
party machine党的机构
state machine国家机器

～+名词

machine gun机关枪
machine language机器语言,计算机语言
machine tool机床

介词+～

made by machine机械制造的
life of a machine机器的寿命
teams of machines成套的机器

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

machine advantageously有利地用机器加工
machine automatically自动地用机器加工
machine completely完全用机器加工
machine conditionally有条件地用机器加工
machine confidently满怀信心地用机器加工
machine critically紧急地用机器加工
machine directly直接用机器加工
machine extensively大规模地用机器加工
machine finally最终用机器加工
machine fitly适度地用机器加工
machine hastily草率地用机器加工
machine impossibly不可能用机器加工
machine laudably值得赞许地用机器加工
machine logically合理地用机器加工
machine marvelously奇迹般地用机器制造
machine mechanically机械地用机器制造
machine particularly特别地用机器制造
machine persistently固执地用机器制造
machine punctually准时用机器制造
machine scientifically科学地用机器制造
machine secretly秘密地用机器制造
machine strictly严格地用机器制造
machine systematically有规律地用机器制造
machine unconditionally无条件地用机器制造
machine unwillingly勉强用机器制造
machine widely大规模地用机器制造

经典引文

To each mortal peradventure earth becomes a new machine.
出自：Browning
Rather than mould the cap and barrel..we machine them..from a solid block.
出自：Arena

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