man-made
adjective /ˌmæn ˈmeɪd/
/ˌmæn ˈmeɪd/
- made by people; not natural
人造的；非天然的 - a man-made lake
人工湖 - man-made fibres such as nylon and polyester
尼龙和涤纶之类的人造纤维 - a totally man-made environment
完全人造的环境
Synonyms artificialartificial- synthetic
- false
- man-made
- fake
- imitation
- artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:
- artificial flowers
假花 - artificial light
人造光
- artificial flowers
- synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:
- synthetic drugs
合成药物 - shoes with synthetic soles
合成鞋底的鞋
- synthetic drugs
- false not natural:
- false teeth
假牙 - a false beard
假胡子
- false teeth
- man-made made by people; not natural:
- man-made fibres such as nylon
尼龙之类的人造纤维
- man-made fibres such as nylon
- fake made to look like something else; not real:
- a fake-fur jacket
一件人造毛皮的短上衣
- a fake-fur jacket
- imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:
- She would never wear imitation pearls.
她绝不会戴假珍珠。
- She would never wear imitation pearls.
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather
- artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls
Collocations DictionaryMan-made is used with these nouns:- disaster
- famine
- fibre
- …
- a man-made lake