factory
factory 英 [ˈfæktri] 美 [ˈfæktəri]
n. 工厂;制造厂
名词复数:factories
- A factory is a big building in which products are made, like Willie Wonka's fictional Chocolate Factory, which was famous for producing (among other sweets and treats) the one-of-a-kind Everlasting Gobstopper.
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- n. 工厂;制造厂
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1. a car factory
汽车制造厂
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2. factory workers
工厂工人
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3. a chocolate factory, a cigarette factory, a clothing factory
巧克力厂;香烟厂;制衣厂
- factory (n.) 1550s, "estate manager's office," from Middle French factorie (15c.), from Late Latin factorium "office for agents ('factors')," also "oil press, mill," from Latin factor "doer, maker," agent noun from past participle stem of facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). From 1580s as "establishment of merchants and factors in a foreign place." Sense of "building for making goods" is first attested 1610s. Factory farm attested from 1890.
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