factory

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
factory
- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
These 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核电厂
  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
- 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
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).这家唱片公司已经成为一个真正的畅销工厂。
- (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about.这些大学正在变成无色的学位工厂，对高等教育的真正意义一无所知。

词源late 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’.

词汇	factory
释义	factory 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 factoryfactory plant mill works yard workshop foundry These 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核电厂 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 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 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).这家唱片公司已经成为一个真正的畅销工厂。 (disapproving) These universities are becoming colourless degree factories, with no sense of what higher learning is really about.这些大学正在变成无色的学位工厂，对高等教育的真正意义一无所知。词源late 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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