machinery
US: /məˈʃinɝi/, /məˈʃinɹi/
UK: /məʃˈiːnəɹi/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
machinery /mə'ʃi:nəri/- danh từ
- máy móc, máy
- cách cấu tạo, cơ cấu các bộ phận máy
- (nghĩa bóng) bộ máy, cơ quan
- the machinery of government: bộ máy chính quyền
- (sân khấu) thiết bị sân khấu
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] machines as a group, especially large ones: agricultural / industrial machinery + a piece of machinery
2 [U] the parts of a machine that make it work: a clock with all its machinery hanging out
3 [U, sing.] ~ (of sth)
~ (for doing sth) the organization or structure of sth; the system for doing sth: the machinery of government + There is no machinery for resolving disputes. + They are faced with the task of dismantling the state machinery in order to create more democratic structures. + The bumblebee has developed complex machinery for collecting pollen.
Collocation
ADJ.
heavy | complex, complicated, elaborate, sophisticated | electrical | agricultural, construction, farm, industrial, manufacturing, office, textile
QUANT.
piece
large and complex pieces of machinery
VERB + MACHINERY
maintain, service | install, set up | control, drive, operate | renew, replace, update | house
The machinery is housed in a special building.
MACHINERY + VERB
drive sth, work sth | break down | hum
PREP.
~ for
machinery for grinding wheat
PHRASES
the hum of machinery
Concise dictionary
machineriesmə'ʃɪːnərɪnoun
+machines or machine systems collectively
+a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
