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robot

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ro·bot /ˈrəʊbɒt $ ˈroʊbɑːt, -bət/ ●●○ noun [countable]  TMACHINEa machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer 机器人 cars built by robots 机器人制造的汽车
Examples from the Corpus
robotAn animal is made A robot can do many different things from taking care of a baby to building a spaceship.It expects to sell, in two or three years, intelligent robots capable of limited judgement.assembly line robotsEmerging from Pathfinder will be a 45-pound, solar-powered robot rover called Sojourner.One astronaut used the space shuttle's robot arm to pick up an 1800-pound satellite from space.Brooks has another small robot in mind that lives in the corner of your living room or under the sofa.In this game, you must save the people from the robots.Costs were increased; the quality of the robots went down; and delivery of the machines was disrupted.Just watch out: the robots take no prisoners.With the flick of a switch, the robot picks up the bomb, carries it away from buildings, and blows it up.Without the robots the company could not have coped with the Ford contract.
From Longman Business Dictionaryrobotro‧bot /ˈrəʊbɒtˈroʊbɑːt, -bət/ noun [countable]MANUFACTURING a machine used in a manufacturing process that can move and do some of the work of a personRobots fulfil many dull and tedious jobs on the production line.robotics noun [uncountable]developments in industrial roboticsOrigin robot (1900-2000) Czech robota work
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robot
robot /ˈrəʊbɒt $ ˈroʊbɑːt, -bət/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Czech
 Origin: robota 'work'
a machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer:
    cars built by robots


robotBrE /ˈrəʊbɒt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈroʊbɑːt/ 🔊 nouna machine that can perform a complicated series of tasks automatically 机器人These cars are built by robots. 这些汽车是由机器人制造的。🔊🔊(especially in stories) a machine that is made to look like a human and that can do some things that a human can do (尤指故事中的)机器人(SAfrE) a traffic light 交通信号灯Turn left at the first robot. 在第一个交通信号灯处向左拐。🔊🔊