名詞 lathe:

1. machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

1. It's call a lathe.
   那叫機床。
2. Do you know how to use a lathe?
   你會使用車床嗎?
3. Do you know how to work a lathe?
   你會開車床嗎?
4. That lathe is used for shaping pieces of wood.
   那個車床是用來加工木材的。

lathe

n.（名詞）
A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing against a fixed cutting or abrading tool.
車床：通過壓緊一種固定的切割或打磨工具并迅速沿軸線轉動的辦法來塑造一件材料（如木頭或金屬）的機器
v.tr.（及物動詞）
lathed,lath.ing,lathes
To cut or shape on a lathe.
在車床上切割或塑造

來源：
Middle English [a device used by coopers, perhaps a turning lathe]
中古英語 [制桶工人用的裝置，可能是旋轉車床]
[probably of Scandinavian origin]
[可能來源于斯堪的納維亞語]