mechanic
mechanic 英 [məˈkænɪk] 美 [mɪˈkænɪk]
n. 技工，机修工；手段，方法
名词复数:mechanics
- A mechanic is a person who builds or repairs engines or other machines. Mechanics are trained to use special tools and often work in shops or garages. If you are planning to be a mechanic, you have to be prepared to get your hands dirty.
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- n. 技工，机修工；手段，方法
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1. a car mechanic
汽车修理工
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2. students learn basic mechanics
学生可以学习基础机械学
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3. The exact mechanics of how payment will be made will be decided later.
确切的付款方法以后再作决定。
- mechanic (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical), also "having to do with tools," from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "full of resources, inventive, ingenious," literally "mechanical, pertaining to machines," from mekhane "device," from PIE *magh-ana- "that which enables," from root *magh- "to be able, have power." Meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1620s.
- mechanic (n.) "manual laborer," late 14c., from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "an engineer," noun use of adjective meaning "full of resources, inventive, ingenious," from mekhane "device," from PIE *magh-ana- "that which enables," from root *magh- "to be able, have power." Sense of "one who is employed in manual labor, a handicraft worker, an artisan" (chief sense through early 19c.) is attested from 1560s. Sense of "skilled workman who is concerned with making or repair of machinery" is from 1660s, but not the main sense until the rise of the automobile.
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