cyborg
cyborg — 名詞
- cyborgsingular
- cyborgsplural
1. A fictional being whose body blends living human tissue with mechanical or elect
生化人
科幻作品中半人半機械的角色
A fictional being whose body blends living human tissue with mechanical or electronic parts.
Nala's favourite film character is a cyborg whose memories are stored on a computer chip.
Nala 最喜歡的電影角色是生化人，他的記憶儲存在電腦晶片上。
possessive 'whose' for describing cyborg features
The novel imagines a future where cyborgs live alongside ordinary humans.
這本小說想像一個生化人與普通人類共存的未來。
Hoa said the cyborg in the movie had one human eye and one mechanical eye.
Hoa 說電影裡的生化人有一隻人眼和一隻機械眼。
binary structure: one human [body part] and one mechanical [body part]
In early science fiction, cyborgs are often created through surgery or accident.
在早期科幻作品中，生化人常透過手術或意外而誕生。
passive: cyborgs are created through [method]
Eitan drew a friendly cyborg with a robot arm and a kind smile.
Eitan 畫了一個友善的生化人，裝著機器手臂，面帶微笑。
- cyborg character
- cyborg army
- become a cyborg
- android
refers to a robot designed to look like a human, while a cyborg has living human parts
- bionic being
more technical; emphasises electronic enhancement rather than the blend of tissue and machine
- human
a person with no mechanical or electronic body parts
文法句型
a/the + cyborg
cyborg + relative clause with 'whose'
用法筆記
This sense is specific to fictional, especially science-fiction, contexts. In everyday conversation, most people first think of movie or comic-book cyborgs rather than real technology.
常見錯誤
2. A person whose body contains electronic or mechanical parts that improve or repl
電子人
身體植入電子裝置以增強能力的人
A person whose body contains electronic or mechanical parts that improve or replace their natural abilities, for example to help them see, hear, or move.
Some people with hearing loss use a cochlear implant, making them a kind of cyborg.
有些聽力受損的人使用人工耳蝸，使他們成為一種電子人。
collocation: cochlear implant / hearing loss
After her accident, Noor calls herself a cyborg because of her robotic leg.
車禍後，Noor 稱自己為電子人，因為她裝了機器義肢。
pattern: call + oneself + a [noun]
After a factory accident, Tomasz got a bionic arm and now calls himself a cyborg.
Tomasz 在工廠事故後裝了機械手臂，現在稱自己為電子人。
collocation: bionic arm / calls himself a cyborg
Researchers debate whether a person with a pacemaker should be called a cyborg.
研究人員正在討論裝有心律調節器的人是否應該被稱為電子人。
debate whether + clause for contested definitions
Antonia's smart glasses give her information about everything she sees, like a real-life cyborg.
Antonia 的智慧眼鏡為她提供所見一切的資訊，就像現實生活中的電子人。
- real-life cyborg
- become a cyborg
- call someone a cyborg
- bionic human
more formal; emphasises electronic restoration of lost functions
- augmented human
focuses on enhanced abilities rather than the machine-human boundary
- unmodified human
a person with no implanted devices or prosthetics
文法句型
a/the + cyborg
become a cyborg
call + noun + a cyborg
用法筆記
This sense is broader than the science-fiction one and can include people with medical implants or prosthetics. The term is sometimes used playfully or metaphorically by those who embrace the label.
常見錯誤
同根字
- cybernetic形容詞C1
- cybernetics名詞C1