单词 | fabricate |
释义 | fabricate fabricate // verb [+ obj]
(Manufacturing ) (often be fabricated)
to build or make equipment, structures, etc., especially by putting together different parts or materials: The firm fabricates all kinds of rubber products. The structure is fabricated from standard steel sections. Orders for fabricated metals fell 1.2 per cent in September.
fabrication // noun [U]: the fabrication of computer chips
fabricator // noun [C]: a steel fabricator a fabricator of wood products
WHICH WORD?
fabrication/fab/fabricator/factory
Fabrication is an uncountable noun and refers to the process of manufacturing something, not to the place where it is made, which is often called a factory [C]: the fabrication of computer circuits • to open a new factory
The word fabricator refers to a business that has special skills in building things: The work was done by specialist fabricators. • a fabricator of steel structures
A fab is a factory where microchips are produced: a chip fab See note at FACTORY
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