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manufacture

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they manufacture
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he / she / it manufactures
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past simple manufactured
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past participle manufactured
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-ing form manufacturing
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  1.  
    manufacture something to make goods in large quantities, using machines （用机器）大量生产，成批制造synonym mass-produce
    • manufactured goods工业品
    • This company manufactures the equipment used to make contact lenses.这家公司生产用以制造隐形眼镜片的设备。
    Topics Businessb2
  2.  
    manufacture something to invent a story, an excuse, etc.编造；捏造
    • a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist一个不道德的记者编造的一篇新闻报道
    Extra Examples
    • The evidence against him had been largely manufactured.反对他的证据大部分是捏造的。
    • There were claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press.有人声称整行都是由新闻界制造的。
  3. manufacture something (specialist) to produce a substance生成，产生（一种物质）
    • Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.维生素不能由人体来生成。🔊🔊
    • Plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food.植物利用阳光来制造食物。
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.

manufacture

noun
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  1. [uncountable] the process of producing goods in large quantities大量制造；批量生产 synonym mass production
    • the manufacture of cars汽车制造
    • car/vehicle/steel/cloth manufacture汽车/车辆/钢铁/布料制造
    • What is the date of manufacture?生产日期是哪天？
    Extra Examples
    • The date of manufacture of the jewellery has not been authenticated.这些珠宝的制造日期尚未经证实。
    • They commenced large-scale commercial manufacture of the chairs in January.他们1 月份开始了那些椅子的大规模商业性生产。
    • cotton ropes of local manufacture本地生产的棉绳
    Topics Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • metal
    • steel
    • …
    phrases
    • costs of manufacture
    • date of manufacture
    • the method of manufacture
    • …
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  2. manufactures
     [plural] (specialist) manufactured goods工业品
    • a major importer of cotton manufactures棉花产品的主要进口商
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.