machine

A1 noun

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máy móc, thiết bị

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
máy trả lời tự động, hộp thư thoại

An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

abbreviation

I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
máy tính

A computer.

Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
người hoặc tổ chức làm việc như máy

A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

figuratively

Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
bộ máy chính trị, nhóm người điều khiển

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

The whole machine of government, civil and religious, ought never to bear upon the people with a weight so oppressive
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Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violent machine in the whole Æneid[…]
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The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

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