| 单词 | manufacture |
| 释义 | manufacture (once / 103 pages) vn To manufacture something, is to make or construct it, usually for industry and sale. Unless you make all your own clothes, a company probably had to manufacture them. Manufacture is generally associated with industry and factories. Henry Ford, for instance, revolutionized industry by using assembly lines to manufacture Model Ts. But manufacture can also be used for the natural word, like bees that manufacture honey. Occasionally it use used more generally to mean to construct by putting parts together. And in a pinch, you can manufacture — or make — the truth, which is a creative way to say “lie.” WORD FAMILYmanufacture: manufactured, manufacturer, manufactures, manufacturing+/manufacturer: manufacturers USAGE EXAMPLESSome manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) When authorities issue red alerts, some manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) But the country is now facing the limits of that model amid slowing growth, toxic pollution and the shift of manufacturing work to less-developed nations. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v put together out of artificial or natural components or parts They manufacture small toys He manufactured a popular cereal Syn|Hypo|Hyper construct, fabricate mass-produce produce on a large scale raftmake into a raft make make by shaping or bringing together constituents 2v produce naturally this gland manufactures a specific substance only Hyper bring forth, produce bring forth or yield 3v create or produce in a mechanical way This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 4v make up something artificial or untrue Syn|Hypo|Hyper cook up, fabricate, invent, make up mythologise, mythologize construct a myth confabulateunconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory concoct, trump upinvent spinmake up a story vamp, vamp upmake up concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up devise or invent 5n the organized action of making of goods and services for sale Syn|Hypo|Hyper industry cottage industry small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment production(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrializationthe development of industry on an extensive scale mass productionthe production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) overproduction, overruntoo much production or more than expected underproductioninadequate production or less than expected output, yieldproduction of a certain amount capacitythe maximum production possible breedingthe production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization brewingthe production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast cultivation(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) cultivationthe act of raising or growing plants generationthe production of heat or electricity excavation, miningthe act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth quarryingthe extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry boring, drilling, oil productionthe act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum sericulturethe production of raw silk by raising silkworms business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects 6n the act of making something (a product) from raw materials an improvement in the manufacture of explosives manufacturing is vital to Great Britain Syn|Hypo|Hyper fabrication, manufacturing formation, shaping the act of fabricating something in a particular shape newspeakdeliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public prefabricationthe manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site filingthe act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) forgingshaping metal by heating and hammering metalwork, metalworkingthe activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner granulationthe act of forming something into granules or grains grooving, riflingthe cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm turningthe activity of shaping something on a lathe creating from raw materials the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
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