n.[C]

1. 机器；机械
2. 计算机
3. 汽车；自行车；飞机
4. 机构；操纵组织的核心集团
   The Allies finally smashed the Nazi war machine.

   同盟国最终粉碎了纳粹的战争机器。

5. 机器人似地工作的人；没有感情或意志的人

vt.

1. 用机器做
   It will take far less time to machine the cuffs than to sew them by hand.

   用缝纫机缝制袖口比手工做省时得多。

2. （使用工具）按规定尺寸制成[（+down）]

n.

1. an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
   ▸technical any device that transmits a force or directs its application.
2. an efficient and well-organized group of powerful people:
   the party machine.

v.