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artificial    音标拼音: [,ɑrtəf'ɪʃəl]
a. 人工的,人造的;矫揉造作的,不自然的

人工的,人造的;矫揉造作的,不自然的

artificial
人工 仿真

artificial
adj 1: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial
flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial
diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
[synonym: {artificial}, {unreal}] [ant: {natural}]
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [synonym: {artificial},
{contrived}, {hokey}, {stilted}]
3: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital
processes

Artificial \Ar`ti*fi"cial\, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
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Artificial strife
Lives in these touches, livelier than life. --Shak.
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2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
"Artificial tears." --Shak.
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3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
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{Artificial arguments} (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.

{Artificial classification} (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, "the artificial system" in
botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.

{Artificial horizon}. See under {Horizon}.

{Artificial light}, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.

{Artificial lines}, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.

{Artificial numbers}, logarithms.

{Artificial person} (Law). See under {Person}.

{Artificial sines}, {tangents}, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton.
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104 Moby Thesaurus words for "artificial":
Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, apocryphal,
assumed, bastard, bogus, brummagem, colorable, colored, concocted,
contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, cute, distorted, dressed up,
dummy, elaborate, elaborated, embellished, embroidered, ersatz,
euphuistic, fabricated, factitious, fake, faked, false, falsified,
fashioned, feigned, fictitious, fictive, forced, garbled,
goody-goody, high-sounding, histrionic, hollow, hyperelegant,
illegitimate, imitation, insincere, junky, la-di-da, labored, made,
made-up, make-believe, man-made, maniere, mannered, manufactured,
meretricious, mincing, mock, overacted, overdone, overelaborate,
overelegant, overnice, overrefined, painted, papier-mache,
perverted, phony, pinchbeck, plastic, precieuse, precieux,
precious, pretend, pretended, pretentious, pseudo, put-on, quaint,
quasi, queer, self-styled, sham, shoddy, simpering, simulated,
so-called, soi-disant, spurious, stagy, studied, substitute,
supposititious, synthetic, theatrical, tin, tinsel, titivated,
twisted, unauthentic, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal, warped

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  • ARTIFICIAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of ARTIFICIAL is made, produced, or done by humans especially to seem like something natural : man-made How to use artificial in a sentence
  • ARTIFICIAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    What does artificial mean? Artificial is used to describe things that are made or manufactured as opposed to occurring naturally Artificial is often used as the opposite of natural A close synonym of artificial is synthetic
  • ARTIFICIAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    ARTIFICIAL definition: 1 made by people, often as a copy of something natural: 2 not sincere: 3 made by people, often… Learn more
  • Artificial - definition of artificial by The Free Dictionary
    1 produced by man; not occurring naturally: artificial materials of great strength 2 made in imitation of a natural product, esp as a substitute; not genuine: artificial cream 3 pretended; assumed; insincere: an artificial manner 4 lacking in spontaneity; affected: an artificial laugh 5
  • artificial - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial) Man-made; made by humans; of artifice The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine
  • artificial adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
    Definition of artificial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • ARTIFICIAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology
  • Artificial - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    While artificial can simply mean “made by humans,” it’s often used in a negative sense, conveying the idea that an artificial product is inferior to the real thing If you remark that your friend’s new hair color looks artificial, for example, you’re not paying her a compliment
  • What does artificial mean? - Definitions. net
    Artificial refers to something that is made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally or in the environment It often implies an imitation of something natural or a real version, or a product of human creativity or technology
  • artificial - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    Made or contrived by art, or by human skill and labor: opposed to natural: as, artificial heat or light; an artificial magnet Made in imitation of or as a substitute for that which is natural or real: as, artificial pearls or diamonds; artificial flowers





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