/'rəʊbɒt; `robɑt/
n [C]
1 (also automaton) machine that (resembles and) can perform the actionsof a person, operated automatically or by remote control机器人
*Many production-line tasks in car factories are now performed by robots. 在汽车制造厂里, 生产线上的许多工作现在是由机器人来完成的.
2 (esp derog 尤作贬义) person who seems to behave like a machine 行动像机器般的人. Cf 参看 automaton 2.
3 (in Southern Africa) an automatic traffic-light （非洲南部）自动交通信号灯.

n[C]
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Czech;Origin: robota 'work']
a machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer
　cars built by robots