| 单词 | factory floor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfactory floor factory floor n. the floor of a factory where goods are manufactured or assembled or materials are processed, esp. considered as the workplace of ordinary industrial workers, as opposed to the management, or as a forum for workers' meetings; (also) the workers in a company or industry considered collectively, as opposed to the management. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > factory floor factory floor1830 shop floor1898 1830 Ann Reg. 1829 314/2 The witness found a quantity of matches on the factory floor. 1846 E. Jones Better Hope in Northern Star 5 Sept. 3/1 And fibre and flesh he bound down on a rack, Flame-girt on a factory-floor; And the ghastly steel corse—plied its horrible force, Still tearing the hearts of the poor. 1910 R. W. Child Jim Hands vii. 78 None of us ever expected more of him than to hear his joking and breakdowns on the factory floor. 1948 Jrnl. Instit. Production Engineers 27 641 Mr. H. S. Hull (London), responding to the invitation for comments from the factory floor, said [etc.]. 1968 Listener 30 May 692/2 The militant workers on the factory floor have been voting to continue the strike. 1971 P. Worsthorne Socialist Myth 252 Factory-floor agitation..is one of the few active pleasures which an industrial society provides for its less well-endowed members. 2008 Congress. Rec. 11 Dec. 24750/3 The factory floor went to war. < as lemmas |
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