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词汇 machine-like
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Definition of machine-like in English:

machine-like

adjective
  • Resembling or characteristic of a machine.

    gigantic masts, with their machine-like appearance
    a monotonous life, operating with machine-like regularity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In her brain began the methodical and often machine-like thought process of dealing with catastrophic equipment failure during a freefall.
    • Using phone interviews, men and women were questioned by either a live person, a recorded human voice or a machine-like voice.
    • He also came to know and admire the machine-like designs of the artists and designers working at the Bauhaus school of art in Germany.
    • He conveyed a sort of dehumanized, machinelike approach.
    • Every sound fits appropriately within the game's digital world, with many vocal utterances seemingly processed by filters to lend them a menacing or machine-like tone.
    • In Hard Times he seems not to be directing his attack against machinery but against what Carlyle would have seen as a machine-like mentality.
    • The mixture of nearly machinelike order and organic irregularities implies that intuition and reason are working simultaneously.
    • The robots are realised beautifully, but they're also old-fashioned robots - so blocky and machine-like.
    • They have to be understood as human beings and separated out from the machine-like business systems.
    • Up close, one can see that despite their appearance of machinelike regularity, each geometric shape is painstakingly painted with short, thick, horizontal strokes layered, bricklike, in row upon row.
    • Some complained that the almost machine-like efficiency of his play made him boring to watch.
    • If organisations and the individuals within them operated in a machine-like fashion, institutionalising best practice would be straightforward.
    • As computers become more human-like, humans will become more machine-like.
    • She had a machinelike way of going on about a topic, as though she were speaking to imbeciles.
    • Right after The Origin of Species was published, he wrote a whole book on the complex machine-like devices in orchid flowers.
    • There's something wonderfully machine-like about the operation.
    • A smooth and machine-like precision doesn't necessarily mean that the customer is made to feel at home.
    Synonyms
    automatic, unthinking, unemotional, unconscious, involuntary, instinctive, routine, matter-of-fact, habitual, inattentive

Definition of machine-like in US English:

machine-like

adjective
  • Resembling or characteristic of a machine.

    gigantic masts, with their machine-like appearance
    a monotonous life, operating with machine-like regularity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In her brain began the methodical and often machine-like thought process of dealing with catastrophic equipment failure during a freefall.
    • As computers become more human-like, humans will become more machine-like.
    • Using phone interviews, men and women were questioned by either a live person, a recorded human voice or a machine-like voice.
    • A smooth and machine-like precision doesn't necessarily mean that the customer is made to feel at home.
    • Up close, one can see that despite their appearance of machinelike regularity, each geometric shape is painstakingly painted with short, thick, horizontal strokes layered, bricklike, in row upon row.
    • Every sound fits appropriately within the game's digital world, with many vocal utterances seemingly processed by filters to lend them a menacing or machine-like tone.
    • In Hard Times he seems not to be directing his attack against machinery but against what Carlyle would have seen as a machine-like mentality.
    • He also came to know and admire the machine-like designs of the artists and designers working at the Bauhaus school of art in Germany.
    • Right after The Origin of Species was published, he wrote a whole book on the complex machine-like devices in orchid flowers.
    • They have to be understood as human beings and separated out from the machine-like business systems.
    • Some complained that the almost machine-like efficiency of his play made him boring to watch.
    • If organisations and the individuals within them operated in a machine-like fashion, institutionalising best practice would be straightforward.
    • There's something wonderfully machine-like about the operation.
    • She had a machinelike way of going on about a topic, as though she were speaking to imbeciles.
    • He conveyed a sort of dehumanized, machinelike approach.
    • The mixture of nearly machinelike order and organic irregularities implies that intuition and reason are working simultaneously.
    • The robots are realised beautifully, but they're also old-fashioned robots - so blocky and machine-like.
    Synonyms
    automatic, unthinking, unemotional, unconscious, involuntary, instinctive, routine, matter-of-fact, habitual, inattentive
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