au.to.mat.ic

automatic的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌɔ:təˈmætik]
KK音标发音： [ˌɔtəˈmætɪk]

automatic的词性：
adj.Abbr. auto（形容词）缩写 auto

1. Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control:
自动的：以一种基本上不受外界影响或控制的方式行动或操作的：

an automatic light switch; a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts.
自动电源开关；预算赤字导致了自动的缩减开支

2. Self-regulating:
自动调节的：

an automatic washing machine.
自动洗衣机

3. Acting or done without volition or conscious control; involuntary:
不由自主的：在无决断力或意识力的情况下行为或做的；不情愿的：

automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eyes in strong light.See Synonyms at spontaneous
强光下瞳孔不由自主的缩小参见 spontaneous

4. Acting or done as if by machine; mechanical:
机械的：如机器操作般行为或做的；机械般的：

an automatic reply to a familiar question.
对相似问题的机械性回答

5. Capable of firing continuously until ammunition is exhausted or the trigger is released:
自动的：能够持续连接射击直至弹药用光或松开扳机的：

an automatic rifle.
一支自动式来福枪

6. Semiautomatic:
半自动的：半自动化的：

an automatic pistol.
一支半自动手枪

automatic的词性：
n.（名词）

7. An automatic machine or device.
自动装置：自动化机器或设备

8. An automatic firearm.
自动武器

9. A semiautomatic firearm.
半自动武器

10. A transmission or a motor vehicle with an automatic gear-shifting mechanism.
自动传动装置：一种带有可自动换档机制的传动器或汽车

11. Football See audible
【橄榄球】 参见 audible

automatic的词源：

12. From Greek automatos
源自 希腊语 automatos

13. auto- [auto-]
auto- [前缀，表示“自动”]

14. -matos [willing] * see men- ¹
-matos [意愿] *参见 men- ¹

automatic的词性：
adv.（副词）

automatic的音标和读音：

automatic的注释：

15. The words automatic pilot or automatic transmission bring to mind mechanical devices that operate with minimal human intervention. Yet the word automatic, which goes back to the Greek word automatos, “acting of one's own will, self-acting, of itself,” made up of two parts, auto-, “self,” and -matos, “willing,” is first recorded in English in 1748 with reference to motions of the body, such as the peristaltic action of the intestines: “The Motions are called automatic from their Resemblance to the Motions of Automata, or Machines, whose Principle of Motion is within themselves.” Although the writer had machines in mind, automatic could be used of living things, a use we still have, although not the primary one. The association of automatic chiefly with machinery may represent one instance of many in which we have come to see the world in mechanical terms.
这些单词automatic pilot 或 automatic transmission 带给我们只需最小人力介入即可操作的机械装置的意识。 但这个词automatic， 追溯至希腊单词 automatos， “以个人自身的意志行动，自我行动，” 由两部分组成，auto-， “自我的，”和 -matos， “意愿，” 以作为身体运动的含义于1748年首次记录于英语，如体内的肠蠕动：“这些运动被称为身体内自动的运动，是与机器运动的相似性得出的，其运动原理在于其自身内部。”虽然作者头脑中有机器印象，automatic 可以被用于生物，这种用法虽然不是基本的，但我们仍在使用。 主要将automatic 与机器相联系可能反映了我们眼中的世界越加机械化的情况