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machine

NounSino-Korean: 機械

  1. 1

    machine

    A tool or piece of equipment used for doing something.

    Korean definition: 일정한 일을 하는 도구나 장치.

    • When the machine started running, the log on the lathe was cut into pieces of a set size.

    • With one more machine in the factory, the employees could work more comfortably.

  2. 2

    machine; being machine-like

    (figurative) A person who is accurate and skilled in doing something, like a machine; or a person who does something repeatedly over and over like a machine.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 기계처럼 정확하고 능숙하게 어떤 일을 하는 사람. 또는 기계처럼 반복적으로 되풀이해서 어떤 일을 하는 사람.

    • Like a machine, Yumin is already drawing the same picture for the fifth time.

    • Professor Kim must be a paper-writing machine; they say he wrote five papers last month alone.

  3. 3

    machine; robot; being machine-like

    (figurative) A person who acts independent of his/her thoughts or will.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 자신의 생각이나 의지와는 상관없이 행동하는 사람.

    • Jisu was nothing more than a robot living as her parents told her.

    • Though he doesn't like his job, he can't quit the company and lives as a money-making machine.