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单词 automaton
释义
automatonau‧tom‧a‧ton /ɔːˈtɒmətən $ ɒːˈtɑː-/ noun (plural automata /-tə/ or automatons) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINautomaton
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin, Greek, from automatos; AUTOMATIC1
Examples
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  • As though I did not exist; as though it were an automaton who cleared brambles and counted magpies.
  • He took my hand and led me away from the automaton.
  • I was what the materialists declared a human to be, an automaton.
  • It was the mechanical accuracy of an automaton.
  • Rising slowly like an automaton, she made her way over to the counter and picked up the receiver.
  • Servants were not allowed to have eyes that were alive, that spoke of a person and not an automaton.
  • The automaton no longer looked so innocent.
1a machine, especially one in the shape of a human, that moves without anyone controlling it SYN  robot2someone who seems unable to feel emotions or to think about what they are doing
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