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語源

From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).

発音

• IPA: /məˈʃiː.nɪst/

名詞

machinist (plural machinists)

1. A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
2. A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
3. A person who operates machinery.

   Synonyms: machine operator, operator

4. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

   Synonym: stage machinist

派生語

Further reading

• “machinist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “machinist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.