machinery

英 [mə'ʃiːn(ə)rɪ] 美[mə'ʃinəri]

• n. 机械；机器；机构；机械装置

1. machines or machine systems collectively

2. a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions;

"the complex machinery of negotiation"

"the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"