machinery的词源

英文词源

machinery (n.)

1680s; from machine (n.) + -ery. Originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects" (which also was a sense of Greek mekhane); meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731. Middle English had machinament "a contrivance" (early 15c.).

中文词源

machinery：机器统称

来自machine,机器，-ery,集合名词后缀。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：machinery 词源，machinery 含义。

machinery：[总称]机器，机械

词根词缀： -machin-机器,机械 + -ery名词词尾