machinery

noun

/məˈʃiːnəri/

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[uncountable] machines as a group, especially large ones
- agricultural/industrial machinery
- a piece of machinery
Extra Examples
- machinery for grinding wheat
- These workshops were built to house heavy machinery.
- This car is a pretty sophisticated piece of machinery.
Topics Businessc1, Engineeringc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- complex
- complicated
- …
… of machinery
- piece
verb + machinery
- maintain
- repair
- manufacture
- …
preposition
- machinery for
phrases
- the hum of machinery
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[uncountable] the parts of a machine that make it work
- a clock with all its machinery hanging out
Topics Businessc1, Engineeringc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- complex
- complicated
- …
… of machinery
- piece
verb + machinery
- maintain
- repair
- manufacture
- …
preposition
- machinery for
phrases
- the hum of machinery
See full entry
[uncountable, singular] the organization or structure of something; the system for doing something
- the machinery of government
- They are faced with the task of dismantling the state machinery in order to create more democratic structures.
- machinery for doing something There is no machinery for resolving disputes.
- The bumblebee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen.

单词	machinery
释义	machinery noun /məˈʃiːnəri/ /məˈʃiːnəri/ jump to other results [uncountable] machines as a group, especially large ones agricultural/industrial machinery a piece of machinery Extra Examples machinery for grinding wheat These workshops were built to house heavy machinery. This car is a pretty sophisticated piece of machinery. Topics Businessc1, Engineeringc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective heavy complex complicated … … of machinery piece verb + machinery maintain repair manufacture … preposition machinery for phrases the hum of machinery See full entry [uncountable] the parts of a machine that make it work a clock with all its machinery hanging out Topics Businessc1, Engineeringc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective heavy complex complicated … … of machinery piece verb + machinery maintain repair manufacture … preposition machinery for phrases the hum of machinery See full entry [uncountable, singular] the organization or structure of something; the system for doing something the machinery of government They are faced with the task of dismantling the state machinery in order to create more democratic structures. machinery for doing something There is no machinery for resolving disputes. The bumblebee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen.
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