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time machine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈtime maˌchine noun [countable]  TTPERIOD OF TIMEin stories, a machine in which people can travel backwards or forwards in time 时间机器〔故事中可以带着人们穿越到过去或未来的机器〕
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time machineWalking through the exhibit space is like being transported by a time machine.I sometimes wish I had a time machine.She did not have to come at her grandparents, as I do, through a time machine.Find yourself a time machine and transport the club 152 back to another century.His shoulders were shaking, Bernice couldn't imagine the messages that might be passing between the Doctor and his time machine.It bears a remarkable resemblance to the kind of natural time machine postulated by Frank Tipler, of the University of Texas.Would the red weed affect the time machine?About this time machine knitting was becoming more popular and articles about how to make money from it were appearing.
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time machine
ˈtime maˌchine noun [countable]
in stories, a machine in which people can travel backwards or forwards in time


time machineBrE /ˈtaɪm məʃiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtaɪm məʃiːn/ 🔊 noun(in science fiction stories 科幻小说) a machine that enables you to travel in time to the past or the future 时间机器(能使人往返于过去或未来)