| 单词 | automatic |
| 释义 | automatic (once / 425 pages) 1adj 2n If someone asks, “How are you?” and you reply, “Fine,” without really thinking about it, that’s an automatic reply. Something that’s automatic is done without thinking, almost as if you’re a well-programmed machine. The word automatic can be used to describe a machine that works on its own, performing its tasks with little or no human intervention, such as an automatic transmission on a car. Or, automatic can describe a person whose actions are like a machine's. If you flash a smile every time someone walks through the door, it’s an automatic smile, a natural reaction you didn't think about or plan in advance. WORD FAMILYautomatic: automatically, automatics, automatise, automatize, non-automatic, semiautomatic+/automatise: automatised, semi-automatise/automatize: automatized, semi-automatize/semiautomatic: semiautomatically, semiautomatics USAGE EXAMPLESAnd then, over time, it will become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) Witnesses described diving under tables as he walked around spraying bullets from an automatic rifle. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The goal should be accountability, not automatic opposition. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control automatic transmission a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts Syn|Ant autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously automated, machine-controlled, machine-drivenoperated by automation self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulatingdesigned to activate or move or regulate itself self-lockinglocking automatically when closed self-windingdesigned so that manual winding is unnecessary semiautomaticpartially automatic smartcapable of independent and apparently intelligent action mechanicalusing (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices manual requiring human effort hand-operated, non-automaticoperated by hand 2adj without volition or conscious control the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light Syn reflex, reflexive involuntary controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control 3adj resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine 2an automatic `thank you' Syn automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike mechanical using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices 1n a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released Syn|Hyper automatic pistol automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arma firearm that is held and fired with one hand 2n light machine gun Syn|Hypo|Hyper automatic rifle, machine rifle assault gun, assault rifle any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use BAR, Browning automatic riflea portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released machine guna rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
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