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machinist

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ma·chin·ist /məˈʃiːnɪst/ noun [countable]  TIsomeone who operates a machine, especially in a factory 机工,机械师 All the women are highly skilled machinists. 这些妇女全都是非常熟练的机工。
Examples from the Corpus
machinistThen I went to work in another factory as a machinist and I moved into a room with the child.Then I got another job, the same kind as a machinist, and I put the baby in a nursery.And soon it was obvious that none of the returning Point Breeze veterans had any machinist work behind them.The Boeing machinists have not gone on strike since 1977.Young Fannon, too, was an experienced machinist.The remains of the Con federate machinist who was torn to pieces were shoveled into buckets and thrown overboard.A few of the machinists began to fall in line.The United machinists complain the scheme leaves the airline with too much debt.
From Longman Business Dictionarymachinistma‧chin‧ist /məˈʃiːnɪst/ noun [countable]MANUFACTURINGJOB someone who operates machines in a factoryAll the women are highly skilled machinists.
ma·chin·ist nounChineseSyllable
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machinist
machinist /məˈʃiːnəst, məˈʃiːnɪst/ noun [countable]someone who operates a machine, especially in a factory:
    All the women are highly skilled machinists.


ma·chin·istBrE /məˈʃiːnɪst/ 🔊NAmE /məˈʃiːnɪst/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is operating a machine, especially machines used in industry for cutting and shaping things, or a sewing machine 机工;(尤指)车工,缝纫机工a person whose job is to make or repair machines 机械师;机械安装修理工