foundry
noun /ˈfaʊndri/
/ˈfaʊndri/
(plural foundries)
- a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects
铸造厂;玻璃厂 - an iron foundry
铸铁厂 - foundry workers
铸造工人
Synonyms factoryfactoryTopics Businessc2- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
- 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
- a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
- 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
- a nuclear power plant
- 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
- a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
- 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。
- a brickworks
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
- a shipyard
船坞
- a shipyard
- 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
- a car repair workshop
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
- an iron foundry
铸铁厂
- an iron foundry
- 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
Collocations DictionaryFoundry is used after these nouns:- iron
词源early 17th cent. (earlier as foundery): from found ‘melt and mould’ + -ry, perhaps suggested by French fonderie. - an iron foundry