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automaton 音標拼音: [ɔt'ɑmət ,ɑn] n. 自動機器,機器人 自動機器,機器人 automaton自動機 automaton自動機 automaton n 1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; " only an automaton wouldn' t have noticed" [ synonym: { automaton}, { zombi}, { zombie}] 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [ synonym: { automaton}, { robot}, { golem}] Automaton \ Au* tom" a* ton\, n.; pl. L. { Automata}, E. { Automatons}. [ L. fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? self- moving; ? self a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. ? to strive. See { Mean}, v. i.] 1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. -- Huxley. [ 1913 Webster] So great and admirable an automaton as the world. -- Boyle. [ 1913 Webster] These living automata, human bodies. -- Boyle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A self- moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
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