manufacture

manufacture
noun
  1. [mass noun]the making of articles on a large scale using machinery
    (批量)生产,制造
    the manufacture of armoured vehicles.
    装甲车辆制造。
    ■[with modifier]a specified branch of industry
    制造业
    the porcelain manufacture for which France became justly renowned.
    给法国带来应得名声的瓷器制造业。
    ■(manufactures)manufactured goods or articles
    制成品,产品
    exports and imports of manufactures.
    制成品进出口。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. make (something) on a large scale using machinery
    生产,制造
    firms who manufacture ball bearings.
    生产滚珠轴承的公司。
    [as adj. manufacturing]a manufacturing company.
    制造公司。
    ■(of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally
    (生物)分泌
    ■make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way
    (抽象物的)机械化生产
    [as adj. manufactured]manufactured love songs.
    商业化大量生产出来的爱情歌曲作品。
  2. invent or fabricate (evidence or a story)
    编造,捏造(证据,故事)
    claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press.
    一切争论都是媒体编造的断言。
派生
manufacturability
noun
manufacturable
adjective
manufacturer
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum 'made by hand'), from Italian manifattura. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent
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