| 单词 | mechanical |
| 释义 | mechanical (once / 242 pages) adj Use the adjective mechanical to describe something related to machinery or tools. If your car breaks down on the same day that your watch stops, you've got a lot of mechanical problems. You’ll most often hear mechanical used to describe something involving a machine. A mechanical problem at work might mean the copier has broken down again. Mechanical can also refer to physical forces, called mechanics having to do with how things move, like the mechanical elegance of a pendulum. We also use mechanical for human things that are so tedious, repetitive or automatic that they feel like they're done by machines and not people. WORD FAMILYmechanical: mechanically, mechanise, mechanize, nonmechanical, unmechanical+/mechanic: mechanics, mechanism/mechanics: mechanical/mechanisation: mechanisations/mechanise: mechanisation, mechanised/mechanised: unmechanised/mechanism: mechanisms, mechanist, mechanistic/mechanist: mechanists/mechanistic: mechanistically, nonmechanistic/mechanization: mechanizations/mechanize: mechanization, mechanized, mechanizes, mechanizing/mechanized: unmechanized USAGE EXAMPLESWhen she is done with Arianna and settles her in her wheelchair with the help of a mechanical arm, it’s AJ’s turn. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Around 3 p.m., there were delays on the Q line because of a train with mechanical problems at the City Hall station. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “We’re very familiar with digital products now, but the know-how for this kind of precision mechanical work is disappearing.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices a mechanical process his smile was very mechanical a mechanical toy Syn|Ant automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine mechanicresembling the action of a machine mechanisticexplained in terms of physical forces mechanised, mechanizedequipped with machinery windupoperated by a mechanism nonmechanical not mechanical nonmechanisticnot mechanistic unmechanised, unmechanizednot mechanized 2adj relating to or concerned with machinery or tools mechanical arts mechanical design mechanical skills Syn mechanically skillful 3adj relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance the mechanical pressure of a strong wind |
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