n. [机]机器；机械（machine 的复数）
v. 以机器制造（machine 的第三人称单数形式）
machines and tools机具
agricultural machines农业机械（agricultural machine的复数形式）
1.Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。
2.The airline had not been searching unaccompanied baggage by hand, but only screening it on X-ray machines.
这家航空公司一直没有手工检查非随身行李，只是在X光机上检查。
3.The machines are kept running night and day.
这些机器夜以继日地运转着。
4.Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.
传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
5.Older machines will need a software patch to correct the date.
旧的机器需要软件补丁来修正日期。
6.Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.
很多的机器闲置在地下室里。