- [uncountable]
machines as a group, especially large ones (统称)机器;(尤指)大型机器 agricultural/industrial machinery 农业/工业机械 a piece of machinery 一部机器
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc1, Engineeringc1machinery for grinding wheat 磨麦子的机器 These workshops were built to house heavy machinery. 修建这些车间是用来安置重型机器的。 This car is a pretty sophisticated piece of machinery. 这辆车是一台相当复杂的机器。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- complex
- complicated
- …
- piece
- maintain
- repair
- manufacture
- …
- machinery for
- the hum of machinery
- [uncountable]
the parts of a machine that make it work 机器的运转部分;机械装置 a clock with all its machinery hanging out 一个挂着所有机器的钟
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- complex
- complicated
- …
- piece
- maintain
- repair
- manufacture
- …
- machinery for
- the hum of machinery
- [uncountable, singular]
the organization or structure of something; the system for doing something 组织;机构;系统;体制 the machinery of government 政府机构 They are faced with the task of dismantling the state machinery in order to create more democratic structures. 他们面临的任务是拆除国家机器,以建立更加民主的结构。 - machinery for doing something
There is no machinery for resolving disputes. 根本没有解决纷争的机制。 The bumblebee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen. 大黄蜂已经开发出收集花粉的复杂机器。