English-Thai Dictionary

machinery

N เครื่องจักร  เครื่องกล  ชิ้นส่วน ของ เครื่องจักร  machine engine motor krueng-jak

 

machinery

N โครงสร้าง  ระบบ ปฎิบัติ งาน  krong-sang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACHINERY

n.A complicated work, or combination of mechanical powers in a work, designed to increase, regulate or apply motion and force; as the machinery of a watch or other chronometer. 1. Machines in general. The machinery of a cotton-mill is often moved by a single wheel.
2. In epic and dramatic poetry, superhuman beings introduced by the poet to solve difficulty, or perform some exploit which exceeds human power; or the word may signify the agency of such beings, as supposed deities, angels, demons and the like.
Nee Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus Incidit.
A deity is not to be introduced, unless a difficulty occurs that requires the intervention of a god.
The machinery of Milton's Paradise Lost, consists of numerous superhuman personages. Pope's Rape of the Lock is rendered very interesting by the machinery of sylphs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACHINER

MACHINER Ma *chin "er, n.

 

Defn: One who or operates a machine; a machinist. [R.]

 

MACHINERY

Ma *chin "er *y, n. Etym: [From Machine: cf. F. machinerie. ]

 

1. Machines, in general, or collectively.

 

2. The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.

 

3. The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected. The machinery, madam, is a term invented by the critics, to signify that part which the deities, angels, or demons, are made to act in a poem. Pope.

 

4. The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose. An indispensable part of the machinery of state. Macaulay. The delicate inflexional machinery of the Aryan languages. I. Taylor (The Alphabet ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

machinery

ma chin er y |məˈSHēn (ə )rē məˈʃin (ə )ri | ▶noun machines collectively: farm machinery. • the components of a machine: the movement of the machinery. • the organization or structure of something: the machinery of democracy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

machinery

ma |chin ¦ery |məˈʃiːn (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] machines collectively: farm machinery. • the components of a machine. • the organization or structure of something or for doing something: the machinery of the state.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

machinery

machinery noun 1 printing machinery: equipment, apparatus, hardware, gear, tackle, plant; mechanism; instruments, tools; gadgetry, technology. 2 the machinery of government: workings, organization, system, structure, administration, institution; informal setup.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

machinery

machinery noun 1 a paper mill equipped with modern machinery: equipment, apparatus, hardware, plant, mechanism, gear, tackle, instruments, tools, gadgetry, technology; rare enginery. 2 the machinery of local government: workings, organization, system, structure, administration, institution, agency, channel, vehicle; informal set-up, nuts and bolts, brass tacks, nitty-gritty. WORD LINKS machinery mechanophobia fear of machinery Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

French Dictionary

machiner

machiner v. tr. verbe transitif Comploter, manigancer. : Ils ont machiné un vol de voiture. SYNONYME tramer . aimer

 

machinerie

machinerie n. f. nom féminin Ensemble de machines concourant à un même but. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom machination, complot.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

machinery

ma chin er y /məʃíːn (ə )ri /→machine 名詞 複 -ies /-z /1 U a. 〖集合的に; 単数扱い 〗(特に大きな )機械 (類 ); 機械装置 (machines ) (!数えるときはa piece of ～) ▸ farm machinery 農業機械 ▸ operate heavy machinery 重機を操作する b. (装置の一部としての )機械部分 , 作動部 .2 U C 【組織などの 】機構 , 機関 , 体制 «of » ; 勢力 , 分子 ▸ the machinery of government 政治機構 ▸ the complaints machinery 不満分子 3 U «…するための » 方策 , 手順 «for do ing » ▸ We have no machinery for resolving disputes .争議を解決する手立てがない