fac·to·ry

noun

/ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/

(plural factories)

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a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine工厂；制造厂
- a car factory汽车制造厂
- The factory closed down ten years ago.那家工厂十年前倒闭了。
- in/at a factory She works in the local textile factory.她在当地的纺织厂工作。
- factory workers工厂工人
Synonyms factory
factoryplant ▪ mill ▪ works ▪ yard ▪ workshop ▪ foundryThese are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
a nuclear power plant核电站
a manufacturing plant制造厂
mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
a brickworks砖厂
a steelworks炼钢厂
Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.原材料由驳船运到工厂。
yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
a shipyard船坞
workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items):
a car repair workshop汽车修理厂
foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
an iron foundry铸铁厂
Patterns
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Wordfinder
- assembly line
- capacity
- factory
- foreman
- plant
- process
- production
- shift
- shop floor
- workforce
Extra Examples
- He works in a shoe factory.他在一家鞋厂工作。
- They had to close the factory down in the recession.在经济衰退时期他们不得不关闭工厂。
- capital to set up a ceramics factory开办陶瓷厂所需的资金
- a chocolate/cigarette/clothing/soap factory巧克力厂；香烟厂；服装厂；肥皂厂
Topics Buildingsa2, Businessa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- large
- small
- modern
- …
verb + factory
- build
- open
- set up
- …
factory + verb
- make something
- produce something
- open
- …
factory + noun
- manager
- owner
- worker
- …
preposition
- at factory
- in factory
a person or organization that continuously produces a large quantity of a particular thing工厂：连续生产大量特定物品的个人或组织
- This record label has become a real hit factory (= one that produces a lot of successful songs).该唱片公司已成为一家真正的热门工厂（=生产许多成功歌曲的工厂）。
- (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about.这些大学正在变成毫无色彩的学位工厂，完全不了解高等教育的真正含义。
see also troll factory

Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a place where traders did business in a foreign country): via Portuguese feitoria. The current sense is based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.

单词	factory
释义	fac·to·ry noun /ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/ /ˈfæktri/, /ˈfæktəri/ (plural factories) enlarge image a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine工厂；制造厂 a car factory汽车制造厂 The factory closed down ten years ago.那家工厂十年前倒闭了。 in/at a factory She works in the local textile factory.她在当地的纺织厂工作。 factory workers工厂工人 Synonyms factoryfactoryplant ▪ mill ▪ works ▪ yard ▪ workshop ▪ foundryThese are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine: a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂 plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place: a nuclear power plant核电站 a manufacturing plant制造厂 mill a factory that produces a particular type of material: a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂 works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place: a brickworks砖厂 a steelworks炼钢厂 Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.原材料由驳船运到工厂。 yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something: a shipyard船坞 workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items): a car repair workshop汽车修理厂 foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects: an iron foundry铸铁厂 Patterns a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant an engineering plant/works to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers Wordfinder assembly line capacity factory foreman plant process production shift shop floor workforce Extra Examples He works in a shoe factory.他在一家鞋厂工作。 They had to close the factory down in the recession.在经济衰退时期他们不得不关闭工厂。 capital to set up a ceramics factory开办陶瓷厂所需的资金 a chocolate/cigarette/clothing/soap factory巧克力厂；香烟厂；服装厂；肥皂厂 Topics Buildingsa2, Businessa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective large small modern … verb + factory build open set up … factory + verb make something produce something open … factory + noun manager owner worker … preposition at factory in factory a person or organization that continuously produces a large quantity of a particular thing工厂：连续生产大量特定物品的个人或组织 This record label has become a real hit factory (= one that produces a lot of successful songs).该唱片公司已成为一家真正的热门工厂（=生产许多成功歌曲的工厂）。 (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about.这些大学正在变成毫无色彩的学位工厂，完全不了解高等教育的真正含义。 see also troll factory Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a place where traders did business in a foreign country): via Portuguese feitoria. The current sense is based on late Latin factorium, literally ‘oil press’.
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