working or produced by machines or machinery 机械的,机器的 a mechanical device. 机械装置。 ■of or relating to machines or machinery 与机械有关的 a mechanical genius. 机械方面的天才。 mechanical failure. 机械故障。
(of a person or action) not having or showing thought or spontaneity; automatic 机械的,呆板的 she stopped the mechanical brushing of her hair. 她停止机械地梳理头发。
relating to physical forces or motion; physical 机械力的;物理上的 the smoothness was the result of mechanical abrasion. 这种光滑是机械摩擦的结果。 ■(of a theory) explaining phenomena in terms only of physical processes (理论)机械的 ■of or relating to mechanics as a science 力学的;机械学的
noun
(mechanicals)the working parts of a machine, especially a car 机械部件(尤指汽车部件)
(一般作mechanicals)(archaic)(especially with allusion to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) a manual worker (古)工人(尤指其出典莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》) rude mechanicals. 粗鲁的工人。
派生 mechanically adverb mechanicalness noun 语源
late Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the design or construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (see mechanic) + -al