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- automatic [ .ɔtə 'mætɪk] [ .ɔːtə 'mætɪk]
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adjective
无意识的；机械的
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2.
adjective
（某些肌肉等）不随意的；非自愿的
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3.
adjective
自动的；用自动装置的
- automatic machinery
- 自动机械
- If you'd prefer to pay the cost of your stay in the parking lot prior to leaving, an Automatic Parking Cashier is by Gate 10.
- 如果你想在离开之前支付停车费，请到10号自动款台。
- The astronauts programmed the computer for automatic navigation back to Earth.
- 宇航员编写了一套可以自动返航到地球的计算机程序。
- Radio waves control everything from cellphones to automatic door openers.
- 从手机到电动门，几乎所有东西都要由无线电波来控制。
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4.
adjective
[火器]
（手枪等）自动的
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5.
adjective
[火器]
[俗指]semiautomatic
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6.
noun
[common saying]
自动手枪，步枪；半自动手枪；自动武器
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noun
自动装置
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1.
adjective
无意识的；机械的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- automatic [,ɔːtə'mætɪk]
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adj
performed from force of habit or without conscious thought; lacking spontaneity; mechanical
- an automatic smile
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adj
(of a device, mechanism, etc) able to activate, move, or regulate itself
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3.
adj
(of an act or process) performed by such automatic equipment
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4.
adj
(of the action of a muscle, gland, etc) involuntary or reflex
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5.
adj
occurring as a necessary consequence
- promotion is automatic after a year
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6.
adj
utilizing some of the force of or gas from each explosion to eject the empty shell case, replace it with a new one, and fire continuously until release of the trigger - Compare semiautomatic
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7.
adj
short for semiautomatic
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adj
See also machine
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n
an automatic firearm
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n
a motor vehicle having automatic transmission
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n
a machine that operates automatically
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n
[Etymology]
C18: from Greek automatos acting independently
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1.
adj
performed from force of habit or without conscious thought; lacking spontaneity; mechanical
Examples
- automatic machinery
- 自动机械 → automatic
- the hopper of an automatic coal stoker
- 自动加煤机的加料斗 → hopper
- Radio waves control everything from cellphones to automatic door openers.
- 从手机到电动门，几乎所有东西都要由无线电波来控制。 → cellphone
- If you'd prefer to pay the cost of your stay in the parking lot prior to leaving, an Automatic Parking Cashier is by Gate 10.
- 如果你想在离开之前支付停车费，请到10号自动款台。 → automatic
- The astronauts programmed the computer for automatic navigation back to Earth.
- 宇航员编写了一套可以自动返航到地球的计算机程序。 → astronaut
- an automatic smile → automatic
- promotion is automatic after a year → automatic
- automatic-focus lens → automatic focus
- here is your actual automatic tin-opener → your actual
- 自动排版
- automatic typesetting; automatic composition → 排版
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