(of work, etc. )工作等 involving using the hands or physical strength 用手的;手工的;体力的 manual labour/jobs/skills 体力劳动/活儿;手工技巧 manual and non-manual workers 体力劳动者和非体力劳动者
operated or controlled by hand rather than by machine or using electricity, etc. 手动的;手控的;用手操作的 a manual gearbox 手动变速箱 My camera has manual and automatic functions. 我的照相机有手调和自动两种功能。 The company has now transferred all its manual records onto computer. 这家公司目前已将其所有手写档案输入电脑。
connected with using the hands 手工的;用手的 manual dexterity 手的灵巧
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French manuel, from (and later assimilated to) Latin manualis, from manus ‘hand’.