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单词 robot
释义

robot

See also: Robot, robót, robòt, and róbot

English

WOTD – 17 December 2006

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rō′bŏt
  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.bɔt/, /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/
    • (file)
  • (rare, antiquated) enPR: rō′bət, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.bət/

Etymology 1

From German Robot, from a West Slavonic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.

Noun

robot (uncountable)

  1. (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. [from 19th c.]
    • 1849, Littell's Living Age, vol. 23, p. 309:
      “I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”
    • 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin 2008, p. 159:
      Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (drudgery, servitude). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef, and taken into English without change.[1]

Noun

robot (plural robots)

Industrial robot handling flat glass.
  1. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]
    • 2010 January 26, Tom Chivers and Iain McDiarmid, The Telegraph:
      The robots in Dick's novel, loosely adapted by Ridley Scott into the film Blade Runner, were so similar to humans that when they went rogue, trained bounty hunters were called in to perform psychological tests to see whether suspected androids lacked human empathy.
  2. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. [from 20th c.]
    We have a robot in the house that does the vacuuming.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:robot
    Hypernym: automaton
    Hyponym: android
    • 2010 May 16, Tim Webb, The Guardian:
      It's painfully slow and complex work which has never been attempted before in these conditions: the small box-shaped robots, equipped with two claws, are operating in almost freezing water 5,000ft below the surface, in pitch black and strong currents.
  3. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions. [from 20th c.]
    • 2006, Murray N. Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page xiv:
      Yet surely he was a humorless robot of a man, spewing forth lonely and bitter critiques of all those lesser mortals with whom he could not identify.
  4. (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman). [from 20th c.]
  5. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
  6. (dance) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
Hyponyms
  • automated robot
  • automatic robot
  • autonomous robot
  • swarm robot
Derived terms
  • -bot
  • bot
  • robo-
  • robotic
  • robotics
  • robot revolution
Descendants
  • Hindi: रोबोट (roboṭ)
  • Japanese: ロボット (robotto)
  • Korean: 로봇 (robot)
  • Swahili: roboti
Translations
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Etymology 3

Referencing the origin of the name of the 4chan imageboard /r9k/ (created in 2008), so-called because it implements the ROBOT9000 algorithm by Randall Munroe to prevent the reposting of content.

Possibly overlapping with the sense of robot (a person who does not seem to have any emotions), alluding to autism, due to the prevalence of personal stories describing awkward or embarrassing situations on the board.

Noun

robot (plural robots)

  1. (Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
    • 2015 October 1, David Kravets, “Ominous messages left on 4chan day before Oregon college killings [Updated]”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:
      One anonymous message addressed to "fellow robots" hoped readers would have "an enjoyable Elliot Rodger day"—a reference to the shooter who killed six near a Santa Barbara university last year.
    • 2015 October 3, Jay Hathaway, “How 4chan Trolled Two of Its Friends by Framing Them for the Oregon Mass Shooting”, in Gawker, archived from the original on 2022-11-20:
      Posters on the board are locked in an ongoing debate about who can be one of them— a "robot." Can white guys be robots, despite their privilege? Can black guys? Women love them! It goes on and on. Only one rule really seems to be agreed upon: "If you have no friends and no gf you are a robot."
    • 2015 October 5, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Philadelphia colleges on alert after 4chan post threatens violence Monday”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2016-06-24:
      It continued: "On October 5, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. CT, a fellow robot will take up arms against a university near Philadelphia. His cries will be heard, his victims will cower in fear, and the strength of the Union will decay a little more."
    • 2019, Dale Beran, It Came From Something Awful, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
      As /r9k/ robots posted and reposted Pepes to playfully mock their status as grotesque outsiders whose very visage was disturbing to "normies," they ushered in a renaissance of frogs that soon appealed to all the netizens who every year had a little more in common with withdrawn, internet-soaked hikikomori.

See also

  • android
  • artificial intelligence
  • computer
  • cyborg
  • domotics
  • pedipulator
  • robot revolution

Further reading

  • robot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • robot”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2023), robot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

References

  1. Adams, Caralee (2021-03-24), “Major SciFi Discovery Hiding in Plain Sight at the Internet Archive”, in Internet Archive Blogs (in English), Internet Archive

Anagrams

  • boort, torob

Afrikaans

FWOTD – 25 January 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from English robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʊə̯.bɔt/
  • (file)

Noun

robot (plural robotte)

  1. robot
  2. traffic light
    • 1997, Riana Scheepers, Dogters van Afrika. Verhale oor Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue, Tafelberg (publ.).
      As die robotte na groen oorslaan, brul hulle en storm vorentoe.
      When the traffic lights switch to green, they roar and storm forward.

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /robot/, [ro̞.β̞o̞t̪]

Noun

robot anim

  1. robot

Declension

Declension of robot (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinitesingularplural
absolutiverobotrobotarobotak
ergativerobotekrobotakrobotek
dativerobotirobotarirobotei
genitiverobotenrobotarenroboten
comitativerobotekinrobotarekinrobotekin
causativerobotengatikrobotarengatikrobotengatik
benefactiverobotentzatrobotarentzatrobotentzat
instrumentalrobotezrobotazrobotez
inessiverobotenganrobotarenganrobotengan
locative
allativerobotenganarobotarenganarobotengana
terminativerobotenganainorobotarenganainorobotenganaino
directiverobotenganantzrobotarenganantzrobotenganantz
destinativerobotenganakorobotarenganakorobotenganako
ablativerobotengandikrobotarengandikrobotengandik
partitiverobotik
prolativerobot-tzat

Further reading

  • "robot" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • robot” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /roˈbɔt/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ruˈbɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

  1. robot

Derived terms

  • robot de cuina
  • robòtica
  • robotitzar

Further reading

  • “robot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • robot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
  • “robot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “robot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English robot, from Czech robot, from robota (drudgery, servitude). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

Noun

robot

  1. a machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed
  2. an intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal
  3. (figuratively) a person who does not seem to have any emotions
  4. a style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

Czech

Etymology

From robota. Coined by Josef Čapek, it first appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. by his brother Karel Čapek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrobot]

Noun

robot m

  1. robot

Declension

  • robotika f
  • robotický
  • robota f
  • robit
  • rob m

Further reading

  • robot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • robot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • robot in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁoˈbʌd]

Noun

robot c (singular definite robotten, plural indefinite robotter)

  1. robot

References

  • robot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, likely from German Robot, from Czech robot. The plural is likely influenced by English or French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroː.bɔt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

Noun

robot m (plural robots or robotten, diminutive robotje n)

  1. robot [from 1921]
    Synonym: kunstmens

Derived terms

  • robotarm
  • robotauto
  • robotvliegtuig
  • arbeid
  • bot
  • robotica
  • robotisch

Anagrams

  • boort

French

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.bo/
  • (file)

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

  1. robot

Derived terms

  • robot boulanger

Descendants

  • Turkish: robot

Further reading

  • robot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrobot]
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot
  • Rhymes: -ot

Etymology 1

From Bavarian robat, robold, from Czech robota (forced labour, drudgery).

Noun

robot (plural robotok)

  1. (historical) socage, forced labour
  2. (figuratively) hard work, drudgery
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativerobotrobotok
accusativerobototrobotokat
dativerobotnakrobotoknak
instrumentalrobottalrobotokkal
causal-finalrobotértrobotokért
translativerobottárobotokká
terminativerobotigrobotokig
essive-formalrobotkéntrobotokként
essive-modal
inessiverobotbanrobotokban
superessiverobotonrobotokon
adessiverobotnálrobotoknál
illativerobotbarobotokba
sublativerobotrarobotokra
allativerobothozrobotokhoz
elativerobotbólrobotokból
delativerobotrólrobotokról
ablativerobottólrobotoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
robotérobotoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
robotéirobotokéi
Possessive forms of robot
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.robotomrobotjaim
2nd person sing.robotodrobotjaid
3rd person sing.robotjarobotjai
1st person pluralrobotunkrobotjaink
2nd person pluralrobototokrobotjaitok
3rd person pluralrobotjukrobotjaik
Derived terms
  • robotol
  • robotos

Etymology 2

From Czech robot, from robota (forced labour, drudgery). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek.

Noun

robot (plural robotok)

  1. robot
Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms
  • robotember
  • robotgép
  • robotpilóta
  • robotrepülőgép

Further reading

  • (socage; drudgery): robot in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French robot, from Czech Robot, proper name of a robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roˈbo/**, /ˈrɔ.bot/[1]
  • Rhymes: -o, -ɔbot
  • Hyphenation: rò‧bot

Noun

robot m (invariable)

  1. robot
  2. (computing) bot

Derived terms

  • robot da cucina

References

  1. robot in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

  • botro, torbo

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʷoː.bʌt/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

Noun

robot (plural: robot dem or robots dem, quantified: robot)

  1. An illegal taxi.
    • 2013, “Robot – Patois Definition”, in Jamaican Patwah (in English):
      “Slang expression for a vehicle that is operating as a taxi without the proper license that is required. []
    Mi n'ave nuh big money fi spen' pon taxi. See one robot a come deh. Mek wi tek it.
    I don't have a lot of money to spend on a cab. Here's an illegal taxi. Let's take that.

See also

  • route taxi

Latvian

Verb

robot (tr., 2nd conj., pres. roboju, robo, robo, past roboju)

  1. to notch
  2. to jag
  3. to make an incision (on)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • grubuļot
  • izrobot

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Czech robota.

Noun

robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural roboter, definite plural robotene)

  1. a robot

References

  • “robot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Czech robota.

Noun

robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural robotar, definite plural robotane)

  1. a robot

References

  • “robot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.bɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɔt
  • Syllabification: ro‧bot

Noun

robot m anim

  1. robot

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • robociarski
nouns
  • robociarz
  • robotka
  • robotyka
adjectives
  • antyrobotniczy
  • roboczy
  • robotniczy
  • robotny
adverb
  • roboczo
nouns
  • robocizna
  • roboczodniówka
  • roboczogodzina
  • robota
  • robotnica
  • robotnik
  • robotność
  • robotyzacja
  • robótka
verb
  • robić

Further reading

  • robot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • robot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

  1. Alternative form of robô

Romanian

Etymology

From French robot, from Czech robot.

Noun

robot m (plural roboți)

  1. robot

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rôbot/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

Noun

rȍbot m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏бот)

  1. robot

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔbóːt/

Noun

robọ̑t m anim

  1. robot

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.robót
gen. sing.robóta
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
robótrobótarobóti
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
robótarobótovrobótov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
robóturobótomarobótom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
robótarobótarobóte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
robóturobótihrobótih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
robótomrobótomarobóti

Further reading

  • robot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From English robot, from Czech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roˈbot/ [roˈβ̞ot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: ro‧bot

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

  1. robot

Derived terms

  • retrato robot
  • robot de cocina
  • robótica f (robotics)
  • robótico (robotic, adjective)

Further reading

  • robot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech robotnik or robota (worker; serf). Coined by Czech author Karel Čapek in 1920 via the play R.U.R.. Attested in Swedish since 1921.

In weaponry sense attested since 1944.

Noun

robot c

  1. robot (machine that carry out complex tasks)
  2. (weaponry) missile
    Synonym: missil
    Holonym: robotsystem
    Hypernym: robotvapen
    Hyponyms: kryssningsrobot, luftvärnsrobot, sjömålsrobot

Declension

Declension of robot 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativerobotrobotenrobotarrobotarna
Genitiverobotsrobotensrobotarsrobotarnas

Derived terms

(Robot):

  • industrirobot (industrial robot)
  • robotdammsugare (robotic vacuum cleaner)
  • robotgräsklippare (robotic lawnmower)
  • robotkirurg (robotic surgeon)

(Weaponry):

  • antiballistisk robot (anti-ballistic missile)
  • attackrobot (air-to-surface missile)
  • ballistisk robot (ballistic missile)
  • interkontinental ballistisk robot (ICBM)
  • jaktrobot (air-to-air missile)
  • kryssningsrobot (cruise missile)
  • luftvärnsrobot (surface-to-air missile)
  • målsökande robot (homing missile)
  • robotattack (missile attack)
  • robotkryssare (guided-missile cruiser)
  • sjömålsrobot (anti-ship missile)

References

  • robot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • robot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English robot.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾobot/, [ˈɾo.bot]

Noun

robot

  1. robot

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French robot, from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾo.ˈbot/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

Noun

robot (definite accusative robotu, plural robotlar)

  1. robot [from 1933]

Declension

Inflection
Nominativerobot
Definite accusativerobotu
SingularPlural
Nominativerobotrobotlar
Definite accusativeroboturobotları
Dativerobotarobotlara
Locativerobottarobotlarda
Ablativerobottanrobotlardan
Genitiverobotunrobotların

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), robot”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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