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Rube Goldberg machine
Noun
US
broadly
Japanese Meaning
単純な作業を実行するために、あえて複雑化された風刺的な機械。 / シンプルな目的のために過剰に複雑な手法や仕組み、あるいはシステム全般を指す表現。
（ plural ）
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(US) A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task. / (by extension) Anything that is overly complicated.
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Rube Goldberg machine
For the school fair, we built a Rube Goldberg machine that pours a single cup of lemonade using dominoes, toy cars, and spinning pulleys.
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For the school fair, we built a Rube Goldberg machine that pours a single cup of lemonade using dominoes, toy cars, and spinning pulleys.
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