automata是什么意思

音标:英 [ɔ:'tɒmətə]美 [ɔ:'tɒmətə]

pl. 自动机, 自动控制[电] 自动机器

n someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
n a mechanism that can move automatically

automata的用法和例句：

1. I found I understood automata even better than I understood trains.

我发现我对于自动机器的理解 更甚于我对火车的理解

2. Well, I'd been thinking about a cellular automata approach to neuronal connectivity, and I thought it might have some interesting applications to string theory it's not a big deal.

我最近在思考通过元胞自动机来 研究神经元连接 然后我觉得这可能对弦理论研究 有些不错的用途 小忙不值得一提啦