英语词汇“manufacture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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