| 单词 | manufacture |
| 释义 | manufacture —manufacturable, adj. —manufactural, adj. /man'yeuh fak"cheuhr/, n. , v. , manufactured, manufacturing. n. 1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets. 2. the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells. 3. the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture. v.t. 4. to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale. 5. to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton. 6. to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident. 7. to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry. [1560-70; obs. manufact (see MANUFACTORY) + -URE] Syn. 4. build. MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLE, FABRICATE apply to processes in industry. MANUFACTURE, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. TO ASSEMBLE is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. TO FABRICATE is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make1. |
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