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单词 manufacture
释义 man·u·fac·ture
I. \ˌman(y)əˈfakchə(r), -ksh-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin manufactus made by hand (from Latin manu — abl. of manus hand — + factus, past participle of facere to make, do) + Middle French -ure — more at manual, do
1. : something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery
 < hemp and tow cloth were familiar household manufactures — V.S.Clark >
 < imports most manufactures used by consumers or needed for internal development — D.L.Cohn >
2.
 a. : the process or operation of making wares or other material products by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor
  < families engaged in domestic manufacture often lived and worked in one room — J.W.Krutch >
  < the manufacture of furniture >
  < steel manufacture >
 b. : a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery
3. obsolete : a manual occupation or trade
4. archaic : factory
 < all my prospects were built on a manufacture I had erected — Daniel Defoe >
5. : the act or process of making, inventing, devising, or fashioning : production, creation
 < the manufacture of blood goes on constantly in the human body — Morris Fishbein >
 < a true appreciation of the manufacture of a movie and of a star — Horace Sutton >
 < his ideas about the manufacture of this world and his hopes for his future — Rudyard Kipling >
II. verb
(manufactured ; manufactured ; manufacturing \-kchəriŋ, -ksh(ə)r-\ ; manufactures)
Etymology: French manufacturer, from manufacture, n.
transitive verb
1. : to make (as raw material) into a product suitable for use
 < the wood … is manufactured into fine cabinetwork — American Guide Series: Oregon >
 < manufacture iron into steel >
2.
 a. : to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery
  < were manufacturing beautiful jewelry of gold, silver, shell, and precious stones — R.W.Murray >
  < a substitute for milk … manufactured from the soya bean — V.G.Heiser >
 b. : to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor
  < manufacturing 7000 cars in one day — American Guide Series: Michigan >
3. : to make up sometimes with the intent to deceive : invent, fabricate
 < the speech is evidently manufactured by the historian — Edward Gibbon >
4.
 a. : to produce as if by manufacturing : create
  < is busy manufacturing a new culture — D.W.Brogan >
  < the strain of manufacturing conversation for at least ten minutes — Wilfred Fienburgh >
 b. : to produce from different and usually less specialized materials in the living body
  < green plants manufacture carbohydrates >
intransitive verb
: to engage in manufacture
Synonyms: see make
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