machine

[US]/məˈʃiːn/
[UK]/məˈʃiːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mekanisk apparat; en person, der betjener en maskine; organisation
vt. at fremstille ved hjælp af en maskine
Word Forms
Pluralmachines
Past Participlemachined
Third Person Singularmachines
Present Participlemachining
Past Tensemachined

Phrases & Collocations

washing machine

vaskemaskine

vending machine

automater

sewing machine

symaskine

coffee machine

kaffemaskine

slot machine

automatspil

Example Sentences

The machine is down.

Maskinen er nede.

the machine of government

maskinen i regeringen

machine repairs; machine politics.

maskinreparationer; maskinpolitik

The trouble is in the machine itself.

Problemet ligger i selve maskinen.

to set a machine in motion

at sætte en maskine i bevægelse

This machine is of bad design.

Denne maskine er dårligt designet.

Take a machine apart.

Adskil en maskine.

The machine kept running.

Maskinen holdt i gang.

This old machine is shot.

Denne gamle maskine er færdig.

a machine in going order.

en maskine i funktionsdygtig stand.

in the far distance a machine droned.

i det fjerne brummende en maskine.

a burst of machine-gun fire.

et udbrud af maskingeværild.

man and machine in perfect harmony.

menneske og maskine i perfekt harmoni.

a machine which was a miracle of design.

en maskine, der var et mirakel af design.

a machine-gun style of speaking.

En talestil som en maskingevær.

This machine is made in China .

Denne maskine er fremstillet i Kina.

Real-world Examples

There's a vending machine in the lobby.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

Destroying the machines that are coming for our jobs would be nuts.

Source: Past years' graduate entrance exam English reading true questions.

The specific one is that Labour's propaganda machine is not working.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

A robot is a machine that works automatically.

Source: Recite for the King Volume 2 (All 70 Lessons)

How about one of those voice distorting machines?

Source: 2 Broke Girls Season 4

" Simply fabulous, " he whispered, indicating the automatic ticket machines, " Wonderfully ingenious."

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

You'd end up with a perpetual motion machine for gene editing.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2016 Collection

A ventilator is a machine that helps a patient breathe.

Source: Grandparents' Vocabulary Lesson

I bought the washing machine in instalments.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

Do you think I'm a machine, without feelings?

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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