manufactureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/, /ˌmanəˈfaktʃə/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/, /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • ハイフネーション: man‧u‧fac‧ture
  • 韻: -æktʃə(ɹ)

名詞

manufacture (複数形 manufactures)

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
   • 2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, in CNN.com‎^[1]:

     After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners

2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
   • 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland

     The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

   • 1853, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences (page 133)

     Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.

3. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

4. (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

派生語

• manufactural
• manufacture of consent

関連する語

• manufact
• manufactory

動詞

manufacture (三人称単数 現在形 manufactures, 現在分詞 manufacturing, 過去形および過去分詞形 manufactured)

1. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
   • 2008 July 23, Michael Brooks, “Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF”, in New Scientist‎^[2]:

     Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs

2. (transitive) To work (raw または partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

   to manufacture wool into blankets

3. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
   • 2000 December 10, Daniel Zalewski, “The Misinformation Age”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.

関連する語

• machinofacture
• manufacturer

参照

• manufacture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• “manufacture”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.