machinistn.

Brit.

/məˈʃiːnɪst/, U.S.

/məˈʃinᵻst/

Forms: 1700s–1800s machinest (irregular), 1700s– machinist.

Origin: Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French machiniste ; machine n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: Probably originally < French machiniste (in senses ‘inventor or creator in general’ (1643), ‘inventor or constructor of scientific apparatus’ (1664), and sense 1b (1660)); but in later use directly < machine n. + -ist suffix. Compare Spanish maquinista (1600), Italian macchinista (18th cent.) engineer, machine operator, stagehand.

a. A person who invents, makes, or controls machines or machinery; a mechanic.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun]

engineera1500

enginist1579

mechanician1621

mechanic1662

machinist1706

civil engineer1763

mechanist1806

machine-maker1813

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Machinist, an Inventer, or Manager of Engines.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 29 The machinist that directed the whole was at a loss, till a countryman taught him to shorten the cords by the affusion of water.

1788 in Titles Patents (1854) I. 302 A grant unto Andrew Meikle..engineer and machinist, of his new invented mill or machine for separating corn..from the straw.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 311 Prohibiting the emigration of manufacturers and machinists to the United States.

1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 81 An operator of wood machinery should be a machinist. Good operators are generally able to do ordinary repairs.

1895 Booth's Life & Labour V. 86 The machinist's shop, for planing, moulding, mortising, and turning, being now an annexe of every large joinery works.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxvi. 335 Three days I worked on that windlass... In that time I accomplished what an ordinary machinist would have done in as many hours.

1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 17/1 Walter Hunt, a New York machinist, developed a lever-actioned, breech-loading rifle..in 1849.

b. A person employed to design, construct, or manage the stage machinery in a theatre. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > one in charge of mechanical devices

thunderer1711

machinist1740

flyman1883

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xvi. 312 A Menager, is to direct and oversee the Painters, Machinists, Musicians, Singers, and Dancers.

1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher 227 The Machinest of the Opera and his Wife, who were her Relations.

a1800 G. Steevens Note on Macbeth in Plays W. Shakspeare (1803) X. 324 Has the insufficiency of machinists hitherto disgraced the imagery of the poet?

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 101 The accumulated crimes of Author, Composer, Machinist.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 298 The decorations of this theatre must have appeared splendid... Nor was the machinist's art unknown.

1863 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold I. 471 ‘Histories’—a kind of dramatic representation, in which the poet..was forced to follow the inspirations of the machinest.

1978 G. Bordman Amer. Musical Theatre i. 13/2 Scene painters and machinists vied with each other to see who could create the most..life-like effects.

c. figurative. A person who engages in machinations. rare.

ΚΠ

1799 G. Wakefield Def. Gilbert Wakefield 125 [I] am no political machinist; nor was ever occupied in..the fraudulent intrigues of rival partisans.

1932 J. L. Garvin Life J. Chamberlain I. iii. xii. 218 The Arch-Mayor—and Arch-Machinist as some call him.

†2. Fine Art. A painter considered to follow or have followed a particular style or manner mechanically or without originality; spec. one of the Italian Baroque painters at whom this accusation has been directed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles > painters

machinist1820

attitudinizer1824

nebulist1836

pompier1915

figurative painter1960

1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 50 Though the first and greatest, Correggio was no more than a Machinist.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 687/1 Franceschini..is reckoned among those painters of the decline of art to whom the general name of ‘machinist’ is applied.

a. A person who works a machine, esp. a sewing machine or a machine tool.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine

minder1692

tender1825

machiner1828

steersman1828

machine-man1834

machine-minder1835

operator1847

runner1848

machine-boy1875

machinist1879

machine operator1887

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways > one who

hemmer1483

baster1854

machinist1879

sewing machinist?1881

whipper?1881

machiner1888

tucker1905

Blake-sewer1921

overlocker1921

bar tacker1924

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 577 The laundress, the machinist, the signalman may be persons who work hard on scanty diet.

1888 Times 20 Sept. 7/4 A tailor's machinist.

1901 Census Schedule, Instructions Such terms as..Machinist..must not be used alone. Sewing Machinists should name the article they machine.

1949 Chicago Daily News 9 Apr. 1/6 A machinist drilling with a crew of hardrock miners 75 feet below the surface.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. section) 2/6 Electronics manufacturing firm has an immediate opening for a Machinist.

†b. U.S. Navy. An engine-room mechanic. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Machinist, in the rating of the United States navy, an engine-room artificer or attendant.

†4. U.S. A member of a political machine; a machine politician (see machine n. 10). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party machine > member of

machinist1880

1880 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 908/1 ‘This’, says the political machinist, ‘is an utter misconception of the whole case.’

1883 Nation (N.Y.) 21 June 520/3 While the Machinists may be willing to nominate ‘good men’, the Independents are reminded of the fact that [etc.].

1892 G. Smith in 19th Cent. Sept. 347 There was a struggle between the thoroughly ‘machinist’ section of the party and the section less loyal to the machine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	machinist
释义	machinistn. Brit. /məˈʃiːnɪst/, U.S. /məˈʃinᵻst/ Forms: 1700s–1800s machinest (irregular), 1700s– machinist. Origin: Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French machiniste ; machine n., -ist suffix. Etymology: Probably originally < French machiniste (in senses ‘inventor or creator in general’ (1643), ‘inventor or constructor of scientific apparatus’ (1664), and sense 1b (1660)); but in later use directly < machine n. + -ist suffix. Compare Spanish maquinista (1600), Italian macchinista (18th cent.) engineer, machine operator, stagehand. 1. a. A person who invents, makes, or controls machines or machinery; a mechanic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] engineera1500 enginist1579 mechanician1621 mechanic1662 machinist1706 civil engineer1763 mechanist1806 machine-maker1813 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Machinist, an Inventer, or Manager of Engines. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 29 The machinist that directed the whole was at a loss, till a countryman taught him to shorten the cords by the affusion of water. 1788 in Titles Patents (1854) I. 302 A grant unto Andrew Meikle..engineer and machinist, of his new invented mill or machine for separating corn..from the straw. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 311 Prohibiting the emigration of manufacturers and machinists to the United States. 1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 81 An operator of wood machinery should be a machinist. Good operators are generally able to do ordinary repairs. 1895 Booth's Life & Labour V. 86 The machinist's shop, for planing, moulding, mortising, and turning, being now an annexe of every large joinery works. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxvi. 335 Three days I worked on that windlass... In that time I accomplished what an ordinary machinist would have done in as many hours. 1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 17/1 Walter Hunt, a New York machinist, developed a lever-actioned, breech-loading rifle..in 1849. b. A person employed to design, construct, or manage the stage machinery in a theatre. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > one in charge of mechanical devices thunderer1711 machinist1740 flyman1883 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xvi. 312 A Menager, is to direct and oversee the Painters, Machinists, Musicians, Singers, and Dancers. 1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher 227 The Machinest of the Opera and his Wife, who were her Relations. a1800 G. Steevens Note on Macbeth in Plays W. Shakspeare (1803) X. 324 Has the insufficiency of machinists hitherto disgraced the imagery of the poet? 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 101 The accumulated crimes of Author, Composer, Machinist. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 298 The decorations of this theatre must have appeared splendid... Nor was the machinist's art unknown. 1863 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold I. 471 ‘Histories’—a kind of dramatic representation, in which the poet..was forced to follow the inspirations of the machinest. 1978 G. Bordman Amer. Musical Theatre i. 13/2 Scene painters and machinists vied with each other to see who could create the most..life-like effects. c. figurative. A person who engages in machinations. rare. ΚΠ 1799 G. Wakefield Def. Gilbert Wakefield 125 [I] am no political machinist; nor was ever occupied in..the fraudulent intrigues of rival partisans. 1932 J. L. Garvin Life J. Chamberlain I. iii. xii. 218 The Arch-Mayor—and Arch-Machinist as some call him. †2. Fine Art. A painter considered to follow or have followed a particular style or manner mechanically or without originality; spec. one of the Italian Baroque painters at whom this accusation has been directed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles > painters machinist1820 attitudinizer1824 nebulist1836 pompier1915 figurative painter1960 1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 50 Though the first and greatest, Correggio was no more than a Machinist. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 687/1 Franceschini..is reckoned among those painters of the decline of art to whom the general name of ‘machinist’ is applied. 3. a. A person who works a machine, esp. a sewing machine or a machine tool. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine minder1692 tender1825 machiner1828 steersman1828 machine-man1834 machine-minder1835 operator1847 runner1848 machine-boy1875 machinist1879 machine operator1887 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways > one who hemmer1483 baster1854 machinist1879 sewing machinist?1881 whipper?1881 machiner1888 tucker1905 Blake-sewer1921 overlocker1921 bar tacker1924 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 577 The laundress, the machinist, the signalman may be persons who work hard on scanty diet. 1888 Times 20 Sept. 7/4 A tailor's machinist. 1901 Census Schedule, Instructions Such terms as..Machinist..must not be used alone. Sewing Machinists should name the article they machine. 1949 Chicago Daily News 9 Apr. 1/6 A machinist drilling with a crew of hardrock miners 75 feet below the surface. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. section) 2/6 Electronics manufacturing firm has an immediate opening for a Machinist. †b. U.S. Navy. An engine-room mechanic. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Machinist, in the rating of the United States navy, an engine-room artificer or attendant. †4. U.S. A member of a political machine; a machine politician (see machine n. 10). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party machine > member of machinist1880 1880 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 908/1 ‘This’, says the political machinist, ‘is an utter misconception of the whole case.’ 1883 Nation (N.Y.) 21 June 520/3 While the Machinists may be willing to nominate ‘good men’, the Independents are reminded of the fact that [etc.]. 1892 G. Smith in 19th Cent. Sept. 347 There was a struggle between the thoroughly ‘machinist’ section of the party and the section less loyal to the machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706
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