[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.]
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。
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。
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