adding machine
adding machine — 名詞
1. a machine, usually an early mechanical or electronic one, that adds numbers toge
加法機
早期機械式或電子式加法運算機器
a machine, usually an early mechanical or electronic one, that adds numbers together when you press its buttons — commonly found in offices and shops before modern electronic calculators became widely available.
Talia found an old adding machine in the back of the office, covered in dust.
Talia 在辦公室後方發現一台老舊的加法機，上面佈滿灰塵。
old adding machine — adjective + compound noun
Before modern computers, shop workers used adding machines to keep track of daily sales.
在現代電腦普及之前，店員使用加法機來記錄每日的銷售金額。
use + adding machine + infinitive of purpose
The museum displayed a 1950s adding machine with rows of metal keys.
博物館展出了一台 1950 年代的加法機，上面有一排排的金屬按鍵。
Adding machines were still used by older accountants until the late 1980s.
年紀較長的會計師直到 1980 年代末期仍在使用加法機。
- calculator
modern and more general; includes both simple and programmable electronic devices
- totalisator
a specialised adding machine used to calculate bets at racetracks; rare in everyday use
- comptometer
a specific trademarked brand of key-driven adding machine; now used historically only