| 单词 | produce |
| 释义 | produce produce verb, noun
■ verb /; AmE / [+ obj]
MASS-PRODUCE
1 to make or grow things to be sold, especially in large quantities: a factory that produces microchips The firm produces 25 million tons of steel a year. The sports shoes are produced in Indonesia, China and Vietnam. Florida growers produced 42 million boxes of grapefruit last year. The machine is costly to produce in the UK. The region produces over 50% of the country's wheat. ⇨ MANUFACTURE
2 to cause a particular result or effect: Price increases have produced extra revenues for oil exporters. The drug can produce serious side effects. The Internet has produced new kinds of social group.
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Production
• The plant produces 120 trucks a day. • They manufacture chemicals. • They turn out about 14 million televisions annually. • The agency is still churning out new ads. • The new cars began rolling off the production line in July.
■ noun /; AmE ; / [U]
things that have been made or grown, especially things connected with farming: The supermarket buys produce from local farmers. The produce is normally bought from wholesalers. |
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