automatic
/,ɔ:tə'mætik/ Cách viết khác : (automatical) /,ɔ:tə'mætikəl/
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The automatic doors slid open as the family approached the supermarket entrance.
Definition
Adjective:
- Operating by itself with little or no direct human control: Describes a device, process, or system that functions independently once started.
- Done or occurring spontaneously, without conscious thought or intention: Refers to actions that are mechanical, instinctive, or performed as a reflex.
- (Of a firearm) able to load and fire continuously while the trigger is pressed: Pertaining to a gun that fires repeatedly with a single trigger pull.
Noun:
- A machine or device that operates automatically: Such as an automatic transmission in a vehicle.
- An automatic firearm: A gun that can fire bullets repeatedly with one continuous pull of the trigger.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The building has automatic doors that open when you approach.
- Breathing is an automatic bodily function.
- He gave an automatic reply without really listening to the question.
- Noun:
- My car has an automatic, so I don't need to shift gears.
- The soldier was equipped with an automatic.
Advanced Usage
- On automatic pilot: Functioning mechanically or without active thought due to habit or routine.
- After years in the job, I can do the morning routine on automatic pilot.
- Automatic response/reaction: An immediate, unthinking reaction to a stimulus.
- Flinching from a loud noise is an automatic response.
Variants and Related Words
- Automatically (adverb): In an automatic manner.
- The lights turn on automatically at dusk.
- Automation (noun): The use of automatic equipment or processes.
- The factory increased production through automation.
- Automate (verb): To convert a process or facility to be operated automatically.
- The company plans to automate its assembly line.
Synonyms
- Mechanical: Performed or performing in a machinelike manner.
- Instinctive: Relating to or prompted by instinct; not learned.
- Self-acting: Operating independently; automatic.
- Reflex: An action performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.
Related Phrases
- Fully automatic: (Of a firearm) Capable of continuous fire with one trigger pull until ammunition is exhausted.
- Semi-automatic: (Of a firearm) Firing one round per trigger pull and automatically reloading for the next shot.
- Automatic teller machine (ATM): An electronic banking outlet for cash withdrawals and other basic transactions.
Related Idioms
- It's automatic: Used to say something is certain to happen or be the case.
- If you break the rules, a penalty is automatic.
The automatic doors slid open as the family approached the supermarket entrance.
Adjective
- without volition or conscious control
- the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
- a reflex knee jerk
- sneezing is reflexive
- resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
- an automatic `thank you'
- machinelike efficiency
- operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
- automatic transmission
- a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
Noun
- a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
- light machine gun