robot
名词 n.
美 /ˈɹəʉ̯.bɔt/|/ˈɹɐ̞ʉ̯.bɔt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
— “I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”
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An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
— Young Rossum invented a worker with a minimum amount of requirements. He had to simplify him. He rejected everything that did not contribute directly to the progress of work—everything that makes man more expensive. In fact, he rejected man and made the Robot. My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are, they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul.
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A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
— One anonymous message addressed to "fellow robots" hoped readers would have "an enjoyable Elliot Rodger day"—a reference to the shooter who killed six near a Santa Barbara university last year.
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A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
— We have a robot in the house that does the vacuuming.
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A bot, software designed to perform a task.
— Clifton Sellers attended a Zoom meeting last month where robots outnumbered humans.
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A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
— Straight society tries to change us by several means. Most of the time, it is mental torture, though physical abuse is not uncommon. We are programmed to be straight starting from the day we are born, and every action, word, and feeling must conform to the straight image. If we DO decide to be free rather than to be robots, here are some of the consequences.
- A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
词汇关系
下位词
android
animatron
anthrobot
biomechanoid
bion
biot
biobot
biorobot
cobot
cyborg
droid
drone
fembot
gastrobot
gynoid
humaniform
manbot
mech
mecha
mechanoid
microbot
microrobot
mobot
nanobot
replicant
robocar
robocat
robodog
robodroid
robofish
roboid
skin job
soft robot
spokesdroid
telepuppet
telerobot
turtle
walker
agribot
astrobot
killbot
nursebot
robochef
robodoc
robonaut
robopet
salesbot
sexbot
warbot
adbot
annoybot
cancelbot
chatbot
crawler
gamebot
hackbot
knowbot
modbot
newsbot
pornbot
robolawyer
scambot
shopping bot
spambot
swarm robot
衍生词
anthrobot
antirobot
biorobot
biot
bot
-bot
Brobot
cobot
frozen robot syndrome
healthcare robot
housebot
kidnapped robot problem
microrobot
millirobot
Mobot
multirobot
nanorobot
robo-
roboid
robomb
robot chess
roboteer
robotesque
robotess
robotgirl
robothood
robotian
robotic
roboticide
roboticist
robotics
robotise
robotism
robotization
robotize
robot jockey
robotkind
robotless
robotlike
robot mower
robotness
robotocracy
robotology
robot revolution
robotrix
robotry
robot tax
robotty
salesrobot
soft robot
telerobot
Web robot
Zogbot
词源
词源 1
From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas
Proto-Slavic *orbъ
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei
Proto-Slavic *-iti
Proto-Slavic *orbiti
Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ
Proto-Slavic *-ota
Proto-Slavic *orbota
Old Czech robota
Czech robota
Czech robotbor.
English robot
Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.
Ultimately a cognate with Old English earfoþe and German Arbeit; see dialectal erf. Doublet of etymology 1. Related to English orphan, but with a -t- suffix from Proto-Slavic instead of the -an- from Ancient Greek.
Compare Polish robotnik and Russian работник (rabotnik, “worker”), sometimes mistakenly cited as the direct source of the English word.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas
Proto-Slavic *orbъ
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei
Proto-Slavic *-iti
Proto-Slavic *orbiti
Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ
Proto-Slavic *-ota
Proto-Slavic *orbota
Old Czech robota
Czech robota
Czech robotbor.
English robot
Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.
Ultimately a cognate with Old English earfoþe and German Arbeit; see dialectal erf. Doublet of etymology 1. Related to English orphan, but with a -t- suffix from Proto-Slavic instead of the -an- from Ancient Greek.
Compare Polish robotnik and Russian работник (rabotnik, “worker”), sometimes mistakenly cited as the direct source of the English word.
词源 3
Referencing the origin of the name of the 4chan imageboard /r9k/ (created in 2008), so-called because it implements the ROBOT9000 algorithm by Randall Munroe to prevent the reposting of content.
Possibly overlapping with the sense of robot (“a person who does not seem to have any emotions”), alluding to autism, due to the prevalence of personal stories describing awkward or embarrassing situations on the board.
Possibly overlapping with the sense of robot (“a person who does not seem to have any emotions”), alluding to autism, due to the prevalence of personal stories describing awkward or embarrassing situations on the board.
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