单词 | machine age |
释义 | > as lemmasmachine age machine age n. an era notable for its extensive use of mechanical devices, esp. the present era so considered. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > of the world or history > specific eras or ages First Worldc1384 Christian era1636 New Age1640 Common Era1651 oil age1889 machine age1922 space age1946 jet age1948 Age of Aquarius1967 1922 L. Mumford in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 11 These buildings..shall embody all that is good in the Machine Age. 1934 H. Read Art & Industry i. i. 6 Has he [sc. the artist] any function in a machine-age society? 1967 R. Singha & R. Massey Indian Dances i. 36 Shaivism itself, under the impact of the new materialistic machine age had lost its religious fervour. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics i. xi. 81 Global warming represents the final conflict in the war against nature. It is the entropic bill, come due, for the machine age. < as lemmas |
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