单词 | cyberman |
释义 | > as lemmascyberman cyberman n. Brit. /ˈsʌɪbəman/ , U.S. /ˈsaɪbərˌmæn/ chiefly British (frequently with capital initial) a type of cyborg featured in Doctor Who, a BBC television science-fiction series (see Tardis n.); (also in extended use) any cyborg or humanoid robot.ΚΠ 1966 Observer 9 Oct. 23/5 A cyberman made his first appearance last evening in the new BBC children's serial ‘Dr Who and the Tenth Planet.’ 1982 Guardian 16 June (Arts section) 9/2 There are blind men and mad men, cyber-men and bird men. There are insects and clowns, jokers and ogres. 1995 S. Rushdie Moor's Last Sigh (1997) iii. 295 About the robots even I will tell you, the manufacture of high-technology minority-rights cybermen to attack and murder Hindus. 2005 A. Cartmel Through Time iii. 54 Unlike the mutated Daleks, the Cybermen were once men..and have voluntarily forsaken their humanity, turning themselves into men-machine hybrids. < as lemmas |
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