automatic

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. light machine gun
• Syn:
automatic rifle, machine rifle
• Hypernyms:
automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon, machine gun
• Hyponyms:
assault rifle, assault gun, Browning automatic rifle, BAR
2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
• Syn:
automatic pistol
• Hypernyms:
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron, automatic firearm,
automatic gun, automatic weapon

II - adjective

1. operating with minimal human intervention;
independent of external control (Freq. 7)
- automatic transmission
- a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
• Ant:
manual
• Similar to:
autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic, automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven, self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating, self-locking,
self-winding, smart
• See Also:
mechanical
• Derivationally related forms:
automatize, automaton
2. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (Freq. 5)
- an automatic 'thank you'
- machinelike efficiency
• Syn:
automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic
• Similar to:
mechanical
• Derivationally related forms:
automatize, automaton
3. without volition or conscious control (Freq. 1)
- the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
- a reflex knee jerk
- sneezing is reflexive
• Syn:
reflex, reflexive
• Similar to:
involuntary
• Derivationally related forms:
reflex (for: reflex)
• Topics:
physiology

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reflex(a), reflexive, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic, automatic pistol, automatic rifle, machine rifle