| 单词 | automaton |
| 释义 | au·tom·a·ton /ɔːˈtɒmətən $ ɒːˈtɑː-/ noun (plural automata /-tə/ or automatons) [countable] 1. MACHINEa machine, especially one in the shape of a human, that moves without anyone controlling it 自动操作装置，〔尤指〕机器人 SYN robot2. EMOTIONALsomeone who seems unable to feel emotions or to think about what they are doing 没有感情的人；机械行事的人；行尸走肉Examples from the Corpusautomaton• I was what the materialists declared a human to be, an automaton.• Rising slowly like an automaton, she made her way over to the counter and picked up the receiver.• Servants were not allowed to have eyes that were alive, that spoke of a person and not an automaton.• It was the mechanical accuracy of an automaton.• As though I did not exist; as though it were an automaton who cleared brambles and counted magpies.• He took my hand and led me away from the automaton.• The automaton no longer looked so innocent.Origin automaton (1600-1700) Latin Greek, from automatos; → AUTOMATIC1au·tom·a·ton nounChineseSyllable of a Corpus in machine, shape especially the one a |
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