C 工厂，制造厂 building in which goods are manufactured

　build a ～　建造工厂
　close a ～　关闭工厂
　erect a ～　建造工厂
　manage a ～　管理工厂
　open a ～　开办工厂
　operate a ～　管理工厂
　set up a ～　建造工厂
　shut down a ～　关闭工厂
　automobile ～　汽车制造厂
　car ～　汽车制造厂
　carpet ～　地毯厂
　clothing ～　服装厂
　glass ～　玻璃厂
　motorcar ～　汽车制造厂
　shoe ～　鞋厂
　soap ～　肥皂厂
　textile ～　纺织厂
　～ workers　工厂工人
　at a ～　在工厂
　in a ～　在工厂

　The factory is close to the school.　这家工厂离这所学校很近。
　The factory was painted green throughout.　工厂全部刷成了绿色。
　This factory makes electronic components.　这家工厂生产电子元件。
　The factory closed and left hundreds of employees idle.　工厂关闭使数百名雇员无事可做。
　The factory is always open to visitors.　这工厂总是对参观者开放的。
　The factory is running at peak productivity.　这家工厂的生产正处于最高峰。
　The factory produces 1000 cars a week.　该厂每星期生产1000辆汽车。
　The factory is scant of raw material.　厂家的生产原料不足。
　They opened the factory in 1958.　他们于1958年开办这家工厂。
　The peasants left the land to work in the factories and mills.　农民离开土地到工厂做工。
　There are some huge blast furnaces in the steel factory.　那钢厂有许多巨形高炉。
　He was assigned into the textile factory after education.　毕业后他被分进纺织厂。
　She works in a car factory.　她在一家汽车制造厂工作。
　They are going to build offices in the open space next to our factory.　他们要在我们工厂旁边的空地上盖办公楼。
　Air-conditioners made in our factory are far superior in quality to those turned out in theirs.　我们工厂生产的空调机在质量上比他们厂生产的要高得多。
　They try to bring the equipment in their factory up-to-date.　他们尽力使自己工厂的设备现代化。
　The factory director decided to put on extra men to get the work done as early as possible.　厂长决定增加人力以便尽早完成这项工作。
　A factory engine is stationary.　工厂的发动机是固定的。
　During the business depression, half the machines in the factory were idle.　商业萧条期间，这个工厂的机器半数是闲置的。
　That's the principal product of the factory.　那是该工厂的主要产品。
　The leaf is a factory for carbohydrate production.　叶子是产生碳水化合物的工厂。

 ♣ at a factory, in a factory
　这两个短语都可以表示“在工厂里”，二者通常可以互换使用。其区别是：在动词work后常跟at a factory.
 ♣ factory, mill, plant, works
　这组词的共同意思是“工厂”。其区别是：factory可指各类工厂，也可指任何制造物品的地方；mill原指把原料加工成粉或浆的磨坊，现在多指轻工业或手工工厂。例如：
　There is a wood mill behind our school.　我们学校后面有一家锯木厂。
　plant　多指化工、电力、机械等行业的工厂。例如：
　This is a power plant.　这是一家发电厂。
　works　多指钢铁机械等重工业工厂。例如：
　The iron works is outside the town.　这家铁厂在城外。

　［同义词］ mill, plant, works
　［词源］　法语factorie