mechanical

1. ADJ A mechanical device has parts that move when it is working, often using power from an engine or from electricity. 機械的

...a small mechanical device that taps out the numbers. …一種能夠敲打出數字的小型機械裝置。

This is the oldest working mechanical clock in the world. 這是世界上最古老的還可以使用的機械鍾。

2. mechanicallyADV 機械地[ADV with v]

The air was circulated mechanically. 空氣是用機械推動循環的。

3. ADJ Mechanical means relating to machines and engines and the way they work. 機械方麪的[ADJ n]

...mechanical engineering. …機械工程學。

4. mechanicallyADV 機械方麪地[ADV adj/-ed]

The car was mechanically sound, he decided. 這輛車從機械的角度來說是非常可靠的，他判定道。

5. ADJ If you describe a person as mechanical, you mean they are naturally good at understanding how machines work. 天生對機械擅長的

He was a very mechanical person, who knew a lot about sound. 他是個非常精通機械的人，對聲音很了解。

6. mechanicallyADV 天生對機械擅長地[ADV -ed]

I'm not mechanically minded. 我沒有機械方麪的頭腦。

7. ADJ If you describe someone's action as mechanical, you mean that they do it automatically, without thinking about it. 機械似的

It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition. 這是真正的祈禱，而不是機械式的重複。

8. mechanicallyADV 機械似地[ADV with v]

He nodded mechanically, his eyes fixed on the girl. 他機械地點點頭，眼睛盯著那個女孩。