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词汇 droid
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Definition of droid in English:

droid

noun drɔɪddroid
  • 1(in science fiction) a robot.

    (科学幻想小说中的)机器人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The droids looked like a stereotypical sci-fi robot: they were hovering, with a spiked ‘halo’ as the lowest part of their structure.
    • With my new found invincibility, not even the crab droid could stop me.
    • Does it make a difference if they are dumb droids or brilliant machines?
    • Having been colonised by man, Mars is now an automated industrial outpost overseen entirely by droids.
    • His droids will have to excel themselves, however, if they are to overcome the flashy electronics skills of the Japanese team - regarded as the Manchester United of robot football.
    • Just under 4ft, the bug-eyed droid, right, can turn on lights, open a bottle of water and fetch the mail.
    • However, a grisly mass murder of a suburban family by their domestic droid puts Ramsey in the middle of a real criminal investigation.
    • Yes, those were the Red Sox, and not, say, alien baseball droids in clever plastic disguises.
    • It uses the outer shell for space travel, but the assassin droid is a smaller machine kept inside of that.
    • Ignoring his own Robot's warnings, he repairs the damaged droid.
    • Target markets for the droid include airports, ports and hazardous industrial sites, where the robot can either patrol on a pre-programmed route or be controlled over a Wi-Fi link.
    • Her argument would be enhanced if it were placed in the context of the literature which describes droids who desire to become human.
    • No actually my wonderful robot droid Malcolm is taking care of everything.
    • I did spend the first half of the movie trying to figure out why a droid was wheezing and coughing.
    • I mean, when we were little kids we were led to believe that we were going to have droids and light sabres and interstellar flight by 1995.
    • The robots, the droids as they are called in these parts, were owned and used for various things.
    • You take the control of Glitch, a small yellow robot who joins a resistance band of droids fighting off an evil army of robots.
    • Most die in subsequent episodes - except those annoying droids.
    • The years between '49 and '75 were marked by all sorts of male menace droids threatening the fate of Earth.
    • The droids are hard at work trying to fix that voodoo machine but, in the meantime, we are stuck adrift in space and not sure where we are.
    1. 1.1 A person regarded as lifeless or mechanical.
      〈喻〉机器般的人,死气沉沉的人,呆板的人
      a marketing droid
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So, while I am waiting for the sales droid to process my order I started talking to a couple about MP3 players.
      • The thing is, this was not a sales droid but the official technical support person.
      • Our main suspicion was a sales droid on the fiddle.

Origin

1970s: shortening of android.

Rhymes

avoid, Boyd, Coed, Floyd, Freud, Lloyd, overjoyed, self-employed, unalloyed, underemployed, unemployed, void

Definition of droid in US English:

droid

noundroid
  • 1(in science fiction) a robot.

    (科学幻想小说中的)机器人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His droids will have to excel themselves, however, if they are to overcome the flashy electronics skills of the Japanese team - regarded as the Manchester United of robot football.
    • Having been colonised by man, Mars is now an automated industrial outpost overseen entirely by droids.
    • Just under 4ft, the bug-eyed droid, right, can turn on lights, open a bottle of water and fetch the mail.
    • Yes, those were the Red Sox, and not, say, alien baseball droids in clever plastic disguises.
    • Does it make a difference if they are dumb droids or brilliant machines?
    • The robots, the droids as they are called in these parts, were owned and used for various things.
    • Most die in subsequent episodes - except those annoying droids.
    • Ignoring his own Robot's warnings, he repairs the damaged droid.
    • I did spend the first half of the movie trying to figure out why a droid was wheezing and coughing.
    • The years between '49 and '75 were marked by all sorts of male menace droids threatening the fate of Earth.
    • I mean, when we were little kids we were led to believe that we were going to have droids and light sabres and interstellar flight by 1995.
    • Her argument would be enhanced if it were placed in the context of the literature which describes droids who desire to become human.
    • The droids looked like a stereotypical sci-fi robot: they were hovering, with a spiked ‘halo’ as the lowest part of their structure.
    • The droids are hard at work trying to fix that voodoo machine but, in the meantime, we are stuck adrift in space and not sure where we are.
    • You take the control of Glitch, a small yellow robot who joins a resistance band of droids fighting off an evil army of robots.
    • No actually my wonderful robot droid Malcolm is taking care of everything.
    • It uses the outer shell for space travel, but the assassin droid is a smaller machine kept inside of that.
    • With my new found invincibility, not even the crab droid could stop me.
    • Target markets for the droid include airports, ports and hazardous industrial sites, where the robot can either patrol on a pre-programmed route or be controlled over a Wi-Fi link.
    • However, a grisly mass murder of a suburban family by their domestic droid puts Ramsey in the middle of a real criminal investigation.
    1. 1.1 A person regarded as lifeless or mechanical.
      〈喻〉机器般的人,死气沉沉的人,呆板的人
      she will probably leave you for a sales droid

      她很可能会舍弃你而去物色一个只会刻板地搞推销的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our main suspicion was a sales droid on the fiddle.
      • The thing is, this was not a sales droid but the official technical support person.
      • So, while I am waiting for the sales droid to process my order I started talking to a couple about MP3 players.

Origin

1970s: shortening of android.

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