manufacture

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manufacture2 noun

1 [uncountableU]TI the process of making goods or materials using machines, usually in large numbers or amounts 〔大量商品的〕生産，制造

Cost will determine the methods of manufacture.

成本將決定生産方法。

2. manufactures [plural] technicalTI goods that are produced in large quantities using machinery 〔用機器大批量制造的〕商品

Examples from the Corpus

manufacture• Systems of this type have been used in car manufacture.• Indeed food manufacture as a whole underwent a transformation.• In south-east Leicestershire two anthropoid shells of local manufacture are to be found in an extensive seventeenth-century vault.• Selection of a purchase could well depend upon the standard of manufacture.• An ingenious path to early integration of hydrogen into Martian propellant manufacture has been suggested by Bob Zubrin of Lockheed-Martin.• The firm now employs 640 people in the manufacture of frozen foods.• During World War II, steel supplies were used in the manufacture of weapons.• Also, since this reaction does not use tritium, it does not require the manufacture or transportation of this dangerous substance.• They stressed the manufacture of uncomplicated and easily repaired weapons.• It is a man's shoe of Western manufacture, recently polished and not cheap.

From Longman Business Dictionary

manufactureman·u·fac·ture1 /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃə-ər/ verb [transitiveT]MANUFACTURING

to produce large quantities of goods to be sold, using machinery

Nike started as a small company manufacturing running shoes.

manufacture something from something

The drawers are manufactured from solid beech.

Imports of manufactured goods are increasing.

—manufacturer noun [countableC]

The contracts allow retailers to sell equipment at below the manufacturer’s price.

a leading paint manufacturer

manufacturemanufacture2 noun [uncountableU]

1MANUFACTURINGwhen large quantities of goods are produced to be sold, using machinery

Cigarettes become stale from one to three months after the date of manufacture.

manufacture of

machine tools used in the manufacture of aircraft engines

2manufactures [plural] formalMANUFACTURING goods produced in large quantities using machinery

changes in exports and imports of manufactures

Origin manufacture2

(1500-1600) French Latin manu factus “made by hand”

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