machinery

macchinari

Macchine usate insieme per svolgere un lavoro, soprattutto in fabbrica o in agricoltura.

In inglese semplice: Machines used together to do work, especially in a factory or on a farm.

• The factory needs new machinery.
• Workers repaired the heavy machinery yesterday.
• Do not operate machinery when you feel sleepy.

Sinonimi: machines, equipment

Espressioni comuni: heavy machinery, farm machinery, operate machinery

apparato, meccanismo

L’insieme di persone, regole e procedure che fa funzionare un’organizzazione o un sistema.

In inglese semplice: The people, rules, and processes that make an organization or system work.

• The legal machinery began to operate.
• She understood the machinery of local government.
• The party's machinery helped organize the campaign.

Come si usa: machinery of something (The machinery of government moved slowly.)

Sinonimi: system, apparatus, organization

Espressioni comuni: machinery of government, legal machinery, administrative machinery

meccanismo, ingranaggi

L’insieme delle parti interne di una macchina che si muovono o ne permettono il funzionamento.

In inglese semplice: The moving or working parts inside a machine, considered together.

• The machinery inside the clock stopped.
• He removed the cover to examine the machinery.
• Dust had damaged the tiny machinery within the toy.

Sinonimi: mechanism, works

Espressioni comuni: internal machinery, clock machinery, expose the machinery