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

• In this paper, it is mainly discussed a finite-state deterministic fuzzy automaton ( FDA), which is not only equivalent to corresponding fuzzy language and is also equally powerful as other automata.
  作者讨论了有限态确定模糊自动机FDA与它相应的模糊语言以及FDA与其它自动机的等价性。
• I told the automaton at the end of the phone I'd take my chances.
  最后在电话里，我告诉那个机器那我就碰一下运气好了。
• 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。
• An automaton which has no input or has a constant input content.
  没有输入或输入内容不变的自动机。
• Cellular automaton: simplest model of a spatially distributed process that can be used to stimulate various real-world processes.
  细胞自动机：空间分布进程的最简单模型，可用来激起各种不同的真实世界进程。
• 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
• Microscopic dynamic cellular automaton simulation model for pedestrian traffic
  行人交通微观动态元胞自动机仿真模型研究
• 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。
• According to the defects of existing intrusion detection technology, the intrusion detection technology based on data parsing and the finite automaton to implement data parsing were proposed.
  针对现有入侵检测技术的不足，提出了基于数据解析的入侵检测技术和利用有限自动机实现数据解析的方法。
• 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；