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mechanist

/mek-uh-nist/US // ˈmɛk ə nɪst //UK // (ˈmɛkənɪst) //

机械师,机械员,机械家,技工

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
    • : a mechanician.

Examples

  • These truths are as plain to the mechanist as they are to the vitalist.

  • To employ the language of the mechanist, the necessary fall would be otherwise awanting, and the machine would fail to move.

  • He must have been a clever mechanist, for the result was always the same-after a longer or shorter period the music began again.

  • M. Maelzel, the mechanist, inventor of the musical metronome, was one of Beethoven's warmest friends and adherents.

  • This very pessimistic survey is the more valuable as it is written by a convinced mechanist.