cơ giới
Definition
Noun:
- Machinery; Mechanical Equipment: Refers to machines, engines, or mechanical devices used in production, construction, or transportation. It emphasizes equipment powered by engines rather than human or animal force.
- Mechanized Forces (Military): Refers to military units equipped with and operating armored fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
Adjective:
- Mechanical; Rigid: Describes an action, thought process, or method that is inflexible, follows a set pattern without adaptation, and lacks creativity or sensitivity to context. This is a figurative, often negative, usage.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Nông nghiệp hiện đại sử dụng nhiều phương tiện cơ giới. (Modern agriculture uses a lot of machinery.)
- Sư đoàn được tăng cường hỏa lực và cơ giới. (The division was reinforced with firepower and mechanized units.)
Adjective:
- Anh ta có lối suy nghĩ cơ giới, không biết linh hoạt. (He has a mechanical/rigid way of thinking and doesn't know how to be flexible.)
Advanced Usage
- "cơ giới hóa" (verb phrase): to mechanize.
- Nhà máy đang tiến hành cơ giới hóa toàn bộ dây chuyền sản xuất. (The factory is mechanizing its entire production line.)
Variants and Related Words
Phương tiện cơ giới (n): mechanical vehicle (e.g., cars, tractors, excavators).
- Đường này cấm phương tiện cơ giới. (This road is closed to motorized vehicles.)
Bộ binh cơ giới (n): mechanized infantry.
- Bộ binh cơ giới di chuyển bằng xe bọc thép.* (Mechanized infantry moves in armored vehicles.)
Synonyms
- Noun: Machinery, equipment, mechanized units.
- Adjective: Inflexible, rigid, automatic, unthinking.
Related Idioms
- Máy móc / Cách giải quyết máy móc: This is a more common idiom than one directly with "cơ giới" and carries the same figurative meaning as the adjective form: a mechanical, uncreative solution.
- Đừng áp dụng quy tắc một cách máy móc. (Don't apply the rule mechanically/rigidly.)
noun
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Machine; mechanical implement
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cơ giới hóato mechamize
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