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photocopier

/foh-tuh-kop-ee-er/US // ˈfoʊ təˌkɒp i ər //UK // (ˈfəʊtəʊˌkɒpɪə) //

复印机,影印机,影印機,传真机

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.

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Examples

  • While a photocopier does scan the document before printing a replica, scanning will store that information electronically, which can then be saved and sent out via, say, email.

  • The wells are placed into a PCR machine, resembling a midsize office photocopier.

  • He strokes the photocopier; he adores the machine, the way it flashes like lightning as it works, the way it whirs and hums.

  • He typed quickly and another machine, sealed and mammoth like an outsized photocopier, started to grunt and churn.