adding machine

基本解釋

With a set of buttons and a loud bell, the device, sold by National Cash Register (NCR), was little more than a simple adding machine.
全國(guó)現(xiàn)金出納機(jī)公司賣給他的這套裝置有一組按鈕和一個(gè)很響的鈴鐺，也就一個(gè)加法機(jī)那麼簡(jiǎn)單。
TILT UP to Andy at the desk, munching thoughtfully as he totals up figures on an adding machine.
鏡頭移曏桌子旁的安迪，嘴裡一邊嚼著一邊在計(jì)算機(jī)器上加數(shù)字。
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Many people imagine that a computer is a very large adding machine.
不少人想像計(jì)算機(jī)是一個(gè)很大的加法機(jī)器。

After hearing of an adding machine built by Blaise Pascal, Leibniz set out to best him.
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Mr. Poxley leaned over and pressed the Clear button on his adding machine.
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Big has gotten harder: Fusion power is infinitely more complicated than internal combustion, and a laptop computer inhabits a different universe from an adding machine.
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a mechanical device, operated manually or electrically, for adding and often subtracting, multiplying, and dividing