dictating machine

基本解釋

This is a dictating machine.
這是聽(tīng)寫(xiě)機(jī)。
There's also a remote dictating machine, which is small and portable.
這裡也有小一點(diǎn)兒的可攜帶的遙控聽(tīng)寫(xiě)機(jī)。
Twain first tried dictating into Thomas Edison's new recording machine but didn't like it — he was a man who strutted stages all over the world, delivering extemporaneous spiels.
吐溫一開(kāi)始嘗試對(duì)著Thmomas Edison發(fā)明的畱聲機(jī)進(jìn)行口述，但是他失敗了——他是一個(gè)喜歡到全世界即興縯講，誇誇其談的人。

Even though there is no central mechanism dictating who will call who when, the network functions like a vast machine.
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