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machine

A1 noun

machine /məˈʃin/ nghĩa là máy móc, thiết bị

Các nghĩa

  1. máy móc, thiết bị

    A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

    I got the machine running.

    The machine was clogged with grease.

    The machine squealed for lack of oil.

  2. 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.

  3. máy tính

    A computer.

    Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.

    He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.

  4. 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.

    The government has become a money-making machine.

  5. 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

  6. yếu tố siêu nhiên trong thơ ca

    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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  1. hệ thống nhóm lợi ích chính trị

    The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

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