a person who behaves like a machine, without thinking or feeling anything 不动脑筋机械行事的人 a moving mechanical device in the shape of a person 自动机；小型机器人 a small robot that can perform a particular range of functions 自动机： 可以执行特定功能的小型机器人
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, neuter of automatos ‘acting of itself’, from autos ‘self’.