automaton
automaton
[ɔːˈtɒmət(ə)n]
(pl. automata -tə或 automatons)
[ɔːˈtɒmət(ə)n]
(pl. automata -tə或 automatons)
- a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being
机器人
■a machine which performs a function according to a predetermined set of coded instructions, especially one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances
自动机
■used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way
做事机械的人，行为像机器般的人
- early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, neuter of automatos 'acting of itself', from autos 'self'
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