单词 | prefabrication |
释义 | prefabricationn. 1. Something which is made, prepared, or fabricated beforehand. Also: the action or process of doing this; making or creating in advance.In later use often a figurative or extended use of sense 2. ΚΠ 1861 A. J. Davis Great Harmonia (ed. 5) V. i. 24 Dishonorable exaggeration, [and] poetical license,..must be obviously wrought upon the substantial canvass of truth's own pre-fabrication. 1956 A. Hutchins in H. C. R. Landon & D. Mitchell Mozart Compan. 45 Mastery of form is shown by organic growth of ideas (and not the pre-fabrication and forcing of ideas into a mould). 1960 Eng. Jrnl. 49 354 The canonization of Hollywood stardom, press prefabrication of sports heroes and vicarious sensation. 1994 Rev. Contemp. Fiction 14 iii. 105 The rest is subject to interpretation and fantasy, and the nature of fiction is prefabrication. 2004 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 July 6 I am a columnist; we deal in rumour, innuendo, exaggeration and, if necessary, downright pre-fabrication. 2. spec. The manufacture or use of prefabricated components; the construction or assembly of things, esp. buildings, using prefabricated parts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > assembly > manufacture or use of prefabricated parts Meccano1928 prefabrication1932 precasting1938 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > manner of construction > specific post and pan1517 superedification1610 superstructing1654 trabeation1831 post and petrail1867 post and tan1890 skeleton construction1891 flat-slab construction1906 unit construction1909 prefabrication1932 site assembly1941 sandwich construction1944 post and panel1954 prefabbing1954 post and beam1958 jettying1963 system building1964 biotecture1966 timber-framing1967 post and plaster1997 Passivhaus1998 1932 Architecture Apr. 195/1 Plaster.., down to ten years ago, prohibited any advanced thought along the line of prefabrication which would create economies worth while. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Feb. 4/2 Prefabrication seems to be the only solution to obtaining low-cost housing for veterans. 1958 J. H. Green Welding Aluminium Alloys (Assoc. Engin. & Shipbuilding Draughtsmen) 28 (in figure) Typical Barge Constructions. This method allows a large degree of prefabrication. 1972 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 79/2 For the upper ten storeys, standardisation and pre-fabrication were very extensively used. 1995 Holiday Which? Sept. 189/3 Swan Hunter at Wallsend flies the flag as it diversifies into oil rig prefabrication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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