| 单词 | assembly line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasassembly line assembly line n. originally U.S. a group of machines and workers concerned with the progressive assembly of some product; also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > assembly or production line production line1905 assembly line1914 line1926 track1931 transfer line1956 1914 Engin. Mag. 47 858/2 The study of the finishing and assembling of front-axle components shows how labor-costs may be..reduced..by the use of sliding assembly lines, chain-driven for the final assembling, but having the partial assemblies moved by hand. 1926 Sci. Amer. July 41/1 The illustration shows the chassis on the assembly line. 1943 S. Menefee Assignment: U.S.A. (1944) i. v. 103 The assembly-line method of putting bombers together has great possibilities. 1945 Reader's Digest Oct. 82/2 The syndicate developed an assembly-line method of producing beef. 1955 20th Cent. June 548 From the top of a school assembly line they are carried by their parents or the State to a conveyor belt that runs through the spiry city [sc. Oxford] for three years or so. < as lemmas |
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