Lord Nuffield
/ˌlɔːd ˈnʌfiːld/
/ˌlɔːrd ˈnʌfiːld/
- born William Richard Morris (1877-1963) an English businessman who was the first person in Britain to mass-produce cars (= make them in large quantities by mechanical processes). He started his business repairing bicycles in Oxford, and soon moved into making bicycles and then cars. The Morris car company was very successful and Morris himself became very rich. He gave a lot of his money to hospitals and charities and also to Oxford University, where Nuffield College was named after him.
纳菲尔德勋爵（Lord Nuffield）：生于英国商人威廉·理查德·莫里斯（William Richard Morris，1877-1963年），他是英国第一位批量生产汽车的人。他在牛津开始从事自行车修理业务，不久便开始制造自行车和汽车。莫里斯汽车公司非常成功，莫里斯本人也变得非常富有。他把很多钱都捐给了医院和慈善机构，还捐给了牛津大学，以他的名字命名的纳菲尔德大学。