dictating machine

基本解釋

This is a dictating machine.
這是聽寫機。
There's also a remote dictating machine, which is small and portable.
這里也有小一點兒的可攜帶的遙控聽寫機。
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.
吐溫一開始嘗試對著Thmomas Edison發(fā)明的留聲機進行口述，但是他失敗了——他是一個喜歡到全世界即興演講，夸夸其談的人。

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