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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    automaton

    • IPA[ôˈtämədən]

    美式

    • n.
      a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being；a machine that performs a function according to a predetermined set of coded instructions, especially one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances

    • noun: automaton, plural noun: automata

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being a collection of 19th century French automata: acrobats, clowns, and musicians
    • ▪ a machine that performs a function according to a predetermined set of coded instructions, especially one capable of a range of programmed responses to different circumstances sophisticated automatons continue to run factory assembly lines
    • ▪ used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way she went about her preparations like an automaton