machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

名詞 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
   同義詞：car, auto, automobile, motorcar
5. a group that controls the activities of a political party
   同義詞：political machine
6. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
   同義詞：simple machine

動(dòng)詞 machine:

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

1. This machine has been specially adapted for underwater use.
   這機(jī)器是為水下使用而特別改裝的。
2. The edge must be machined to 0.02 millimeters.
   這邊緣必須切割到0.02毫米的精密度。
3. Can you give me an explanation of the man-machine interface?
   你能給我解釋一下人機(jī)接口嗎？
4. My mother-in-law has a sewing machine.
   我婆婆有一臺(tái)縫紉機(jī)。

ma.chine

n.Abbr. mach.（名詞）縮寫 mach.

A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.
機(jī)床：一個(gè)由固定和可移動(dòng)部件組成的裝置，可以把機(jī)械能轉(zhuǎn)化為其他更為有用的形式
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.
機(jī)械裝置：一個(gè)簡單裝置，如杠桿、滑輪或斜面刨，可以改變作用力的大小或方向或同時(shí)改變；簡單機(jī)械裝置
A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
機(jī)械系統(tǒng)：用來工作的系統(tǒng)或裝置，如汽車或手持式鑿巖機(jī)，包括其動(dòng)力源和輔助設(shè)備
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task:
機(jī)器，體系：一個(gè)系統(tǒng)或裝置，如計(jì)算機(jī)，可以代替人或幫助人工作：
例句：
The machine is down.
機(jī)器壞了

An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.
身體：一種復(fù)雜的自然系統(tǒng)或組織，如人體
A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.
機(jī)械般的人：那種行動(dòng)僵化、機(jī)械的、或處在無意識(shí)狀態(tài)的人
An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders:
核心，組織：一個(gè)組織的成員處于或看起來處于一個(gè)或多個(gè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)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.
舞臺(tái)裝置：一種制造舞臺(tái)效果的裝置，特指用機(jī)械升降方式把演員置于舞臺(tái)之上
A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.
產(chǎn)生文學(xué)效果：為產(chǎn)生效果的文學(xué)手段，特指引進(jìn)超自然因素使情節(jié)得以解決
adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine:
象機(jī)器的：機(jī)器的，關(guān)于或感覺上象機(jī)器的：
例句：
machine repairs; machine politics.
機(jī)器的維修；核心政治

v.（動(dòng)詞）
ma.chined,ma.chin.ing,ma.chines
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cut, shape, or finish by machine.
以機(jī)器制作：用機(jī)器來切削、成形或完成
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine:
被機(jī)器切削、成形或完成：
例句：
This metal machines easily.
這金屬易于切削

來源：
French
法語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin m3china
源自 拉丁語 m3china
from Greek môkhanô, makhana * see magh-
源自 希臘語 môkhanô, makhana *參見 magh-

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