fac.to.ry
n.(名词)【复数】 fac.to.ries
A building or group of buildings in which goods are manufactured; a plant.制造厂,工厂:生产商品的工厂或集团;工厂A vessel in which newly caught seafood is prepared for shipment and sale:渔业加工船:供新捕的海味装运或出售的船:例句:a floating fish factory.一艘流动鱼类加工船
A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country.国外代理商:设在外国的商业代理商或代理人的一种商业机构The source of prolific production:制造场所:大批量生产的来源:例句:a group of singers who really were a hit-tune factory; an old house that served as an illegal drug factory.堪称优秀曲调的源泉的一组歌手;用作非法生产毒品的一所旧宅
来源:Late Latin factôria [oil press, mill] 后期拉丁语 factôria [油印杂志,信] Medieval Latin factôria [establishment for factors] 中世纪拉丁语 factôria [代理机构] both from Latin factor [factor] * see factor 都源自 拉丁语 factor [代理经营] *参见 factor