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mechanic

/muh-kan-ik/US // məˈkæn ɪk //UK // (mɪˈkænɪk) //

机械师,技工,机械,机械工

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
    • : a worker who is skilled in the use of tools, machines, equipment, etc.
    • : Slang. a person skilled in the dishonest handling of cards, dice, or other objects used in games of chance.

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Examples

  • Mustard is working to supplant — or at least augment — some of that pricey coaching with the launch of a new mobile app designed to analyze an athlete’s mechanics and offer corrective tips to help them improve.

  • In addition to the vortex work, he and his students have been busy exploring “topological mechanics,” which involves teasing out strange, quantum-like properties in systems composed of a large number of identical rotating objects.

  • Baggott’s obsession with quantum mechanics is not driven by public demand.

  • Sabine Hossenfelder is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies where she works on modifications of general relativity, phenomenological quantum gravity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

  • Afterward, he is willing to rely on brute mechanics to outplay enemies, by bringing in a completely unorthodox chain of moves which give him the advantage.

  • A car mechanic who goes by the name “Big Perm” said he noticed a change in the neighborhood.

  • One trucker did shout an obscenity, and a musclebound mechanic told them to go and do something useful like study.

  • Sure, the story makes no sense, but look how tight that shooting mechanic is!

  • It plugs into the same port that a mechanic uses to check the computer, and it works on most cars made after 1996.

  • Even the most sketch-ball, scheming car mechanic knows how much those brake pads cost.

  • You will find these two traits in every grade of Scotch life—in tradesman, mechanic, and peasant.

  • Mr. Parsons lost no time; and, skilled mechanic that he was, commenced his work at once.

  • All the money saved by this skillful mechanic and his thrifty wife was gone, and this girl had to go to work.

  • Besides being the best boss mechanic in the West, he was a first-class fighting man, with a clear head and nerve to burn.

  • I left the master-mechanic at the door of a Greek eat-shop that he patronized and went on up to the Bullard.