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A bot is a computer program that does the same kind of job again and again without getting tired.
a bot是bot is a computer program是一個電腦程式 that does the same kind of job again and again without getting tired會一直重複做同一種工作而不會累
A search engine sends bots out to read pages on the internet so it can build its list of sites. Other bots answer simple questions, post messages, or play a tiny part in a game. Some bots help; some are a nuisance, like the ones that fill a page with junk.
a search engine搜尋引擎 sends bots out to read pages on the internet會派bot去讀網路上的頁面 so it can build its list of sites好建立它的網站清單 other bots其他的bot answer simple questions會回答簡單的問題, post messages發訊息, or play a tiny part in a game或在遊戲裡扮演一個小角色 some bots help有些bot是有幫助的 some are a nuisance有些則很討厭 like the ones that fill a page with junk像那些把頁面塞滿垃圾內容的
People also say when the program talks with you. This is not usually a metal person walking around a factory — that is a robot. A bot is typically just software.
people also say chatbot when the program talks with you如果程式會跟你對話大家就會說chatbot this is not usually a metal person walking around a factory這通常不是在工廠裡走來走去的金屬人 that is a robot那個叫robot a bot is typically just softwarebot通常就只是軟體
The word is informal and very common in tech talk. There are other English words spelled bot, but this is the computer one.
the word is informal and very common in tech talk這個字很口語，在科技圈很常用 there are other English words spelled bot英文裡還有其他拼成bot的字 but this is the computer one但這個是電腦這個意思
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
botnoun詞源 1/bɒt/
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The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots.
- One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.
botverb詞源 2/bɒt/
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slangTo bugger.
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informalTo ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
- Can I bot a smoke?
- Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.
botnoun詞源 2/bɒt/
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slangThe bottom or backside.
botnoun詞源 3/bɒt/
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informalliteraturemediapublishingA physical robot.
- I stared at the bot and recognized her for the first time. She was me.
- As he guided the bot, Andrews reminisced about his younger days in Wyoming, when he had witnessed a mishandled load of wheat puff out a dusty fog.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- The goals of IRC bots vary widely, such as automatically kicking other users off or more nefarious things like spamming other IRC users. In this paper, a free standing IRC bot is presented that monitors an IRC channel for commands from a particular user and responds accordingly.
- He is particularly good at creating web robots, which are also called bots. A bot is software that searches for certain kinds of websites and then automatically does something — good or bad — on each site. Google uses bots to search and index websites.
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video-gamesA computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- Next, you are placed in the world of RuneScape, which is similar to our own, with trees, grass, buildings, animals, and of course, people. In RuneScapes shops and banks there are bots' (computer-controlled players).
- Most games offer both single player mode, in which a player competes against computer rivals—bots—and a multiplayer mode, which is a contest among people only.
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derogatoryslangvideo-gamesA supremely unskilled player.
- "That lobby was bronze negative 10!" Aydan joked on-stream, noting how easy it felt for his squad. "We got blessed with the lobby. It was such a bot lobby."
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derogatoryA person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally using it to flag automated accounts, but now employing it to insult people they disagree with[.]
botverb詞源 3/bɒt/
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video-gamesTo use a bot, or automated program.
- Players caught botting will be banned from the server.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。