automaton

英 [ɔːˈtɒmətən]

美 [ɔːˈtɑːmətən]

n.  不动脑筋机械行事的人; 自动操作装置; 小机器人

复数：automatons　

计算机

BNC.21454 / COCA.23971

牛津词典

noun

• 不动脑筋机械行事的人
  a person who behaves like a machine, without thinking or feeling anything
• 自动操作装置；小机器人
  a machine that moves without human control; a small robot

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （因为疲惫、厌烦等）动作机械的人
  If you say that someone is anautomaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.
  1. I get sick of being thought of as a political automaton.
     我讨厌被看作政治机器。
• 小机器人
  Anautomatonis a small, mechanical figure that can move automatically.

英英释义

noun

• a mechanism that can move automatically
  Synonym:robotgolem
• someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
  1. only an automaton wouldn't have noticed
  Synonym:zombizombie

双语例句

• Based on the formal language and automaton theory, this paper mainly studies the automatic recognition of steel character symbol.
  本文基于形式语言与自动机理论，主要对钢筋标识串的自动识别进行了研究。
• Given this automaton, a receiver can reconstruct an entire XML document by transmitting very little information.
  有了这种自动机，接收方可以通过传输少量信息，重建整个XML文档。
• Interrupt S-shaped searching strategy was put forward, as well as a vision localization approach based on finite automaton.
  提出了中断式S形搜索策略的概念，设计了基于有限自动机的视觉定位方法；
• In the last column, we wrote the logic to compile a set of XPath in a so-called Deterministic Finite Automaton or DFA.
  在上一篇专栏文章中，我们编写了在所谓的“确定性有限自动机（DeterministicFiniteAutomaton或简称DFA）”中编译一组XPath的逻辑。
• RNGzip uses a Relax NG schema validator to build a deterministic tree automaton from the specified schema.
  RNGzip使用RelaxNG模式验证程序从指定的模式构建确定性树自动机。
• Study on a cellular automaton model of the date transmission network
  一种数据传输网络元胞自动机模型的研究
• A Fast String Matching Algorithm Based on Finite Automaton
  一种基于有限自动机的快速串匹配算法
• Compulsory Lane-changing Traffic Model Based on Cellular Automaton
  基于元胞自动机的强制换道模型研究
• Design Method for Software of Flat Shunting Systems Based on Automaton Models
  基于自动机模型的平面调车软件设计方法
• Study on the energy consumption using the cellular automaton mixed traffic model
  元胞自动机混合交通流模型的能耗研究