man·u·fac·ture
verb/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/
/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they manufacture | /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/ |
| he / she / it manufactures | /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəz/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərz/ |
| past simple manufactured | /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəd/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərd/ |
| past participle manufactured | /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəd/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərd/ |
| -ing form manufacturing | /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/ |
- manufacture something to make goods in large quantities, using machines
（用机器）大量生产，成批制造 - manufactured goods
工业品 - This company manufactures the equipment used to make contact lenses.
这家公司生产用以制造隐形眼镜片的设备。
- manufactured goods
- manufacture something to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
编造；捏造 - a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
一个不道德的记者编造的一篇新闻报道
Extra Examples- The evidence against him had been largely manufactured.
对他不利的证据大部分都是捏造的。 - There were claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press.
有人声称整排都是由印刷机制造的。
- a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
- manufacture something (specialist) to produce a substance
生成，产生（一种物质） - Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.
维生素无法由人体生成。 - Plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food.
植物利用太阳光来制造食物。
- Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.