The job was in a small engineering workshop. My task was to turn metal rods on a lathe all day.

当时，我在一个小型制造车间打工，任务是从早到晚地翻转车床上的金属杆。

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For turning operations, the lathe USES a single-point cutting tool which removes metal as it travels past the revolving workpiece.

在车削操作中，车床用一个单刃切削刀具在旋转的工件上进行金属切削。

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The engine lathe , one of the oldest metal removal machines, has a number of useful and highly desirable attributes.

普通车床作为最早的金属切削机车的一种，目前仍然有许多有用的和为人们所需要的特性。

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For any given good, be it a metal lathe or a silicon-wafer saw, most potential buyers will not have access to a physical auction.

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Even those young people who hated maths in school find themselves wanting to know the formulae underlying what they are doing, he says, pointing to the lathe on which the apprentices learn how to cut metal.

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