fac‧to‧ry S2 W2 / fækt ə ri / 名词 ( 复数形式 factories ) [可数名词]

a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines :

a car factory

factory workers

COLLOCATIONS

NOUN + factory

a car/textile/shoe etc factory There is a large car factory where many of the local people work.

factory + NOUN

a factory worker The factory workers are threatening to go on strike.

a factory owner The factory owner placed a large order for some new equipment.

a factory manager He held the position of factory manager.

a factory inspector (= an official whose job is to check that laws or rules related to factories are being obeyed ) Factory inspectors reported that safety precautions had been ignored.

the factory gates (= the entrance to a factory ) A crowd of protesters had gathered outside the factory gates.

动词

open a factory The company has just opened a new factory in Swindon.

close/shut (down) a factory The factory was closed down in 2006.

work in a factory Donna works in a shoe factory.

a factory produces/makes something The factory produces an incredible 100 cars per hour.

THESAURUS

factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines : She works in a chocolate factory. | a clothing factory

plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced : Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. | a car plant | a nuclear power plant

facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English : The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.

works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing : a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works

mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth : a paper mill | The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.

shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired : The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.

foundry a factory where metal is made into things using mould s : Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.

sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money : The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.