| 释义 |
industrial revolution
noun
Etymology: probably translation of French révolution industrielle
1. : an economic revolution (as in England beginning in 1760) characterized by a marked acceleration in the output of industrial goods correlative with the introduction of power-driven machinery into industry and consequent decline of handwork and domestic production
2. : a marked general alteration in industrial or production methods in the direction of machine production and away from manual labor or personal control |