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afactorywheresubstancesintheirnaturalstate, such asoilorsugar, are madepure: 精制厂;提炼厂;精炼厂There were twohugeoilrefineries on thecoast.海岸边曾有两个大型炼油厂。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFactories - assembly line
- brewery
- cannery
- chemical park
- conveyor belt
- industrial estate
- industrial park
- mill
- miller
- mint
- multi-plant
- on the factory flooridiom
- pallet
- power station
- slaughterhouse
- solar plant
- steel mill
- sweatshop
- tannery
- workshop
See more results » (Definition ofrefineryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)refinery| American Dictionaryafactorywhererawsubstances, such assugar,oil, ormetal, are madepure (Definition ofrefineryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)refinery| Business EnglishPRODUCTIONafactorywhere differentproductsare made from abasicproduct, usuallyoilorsugar: anoil/sugarrefinery Jobs may belostat the refinery. (Definition ofrefineryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofrefineryrefinery Men were also hired to build a sugarrefineryand access road, then gaining work asrefineryoperatives and small cane farmers.From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the refineries and the steel- and metal industry received important exemptions.From theCambridge English Corpus These effects probably reflect the importance of therefineryindustry in these countries.From theCambridge English Corpus The 1794 package also taxed auction sales, sugar refineries, snuff mills, and retail licenses to sell imported liquor.From theCambridge English Corpus Therefineryalso was a bone of contention.From theCambridge English Corpus To apply this table, let us consider three hypothetical disasters: an airplane crash, arefineryexplosion, and a product-tampering incident.From theCambridge English Corpus The sugarrefinerydraws water from the western main canal, the outfall of which is used for rice irrigation beyond the sugar scheme boundary.From theCambridge English Corpus In this sense, the archive system acts as a knowledgerefinery.From theCambridge English Corpus Major sources of volatile organic compounds include car traffic, fuel distribution, and refineries.From theCambridge English Corpus Part of this is certainly a result of the large fixed cost investment needed for an efficientrefinery.From theCambridge English Corpus An accident at arefineryin a particular nation would also constitute a specific risk.From theCambridge English Corpus Estimates show that three industries, that is, fertilisers,refinery, and drugs, have increasing returns to scale, while others have decreasing returns to scale.From theCambridge English Corpus More striking is the third largest industry in the state, one that was growing rapidly: oil refineries.From theCambridge English Corpus She was, for a short period of time, a floatingrefineryfor the whaling fleet.From theCambridge English Corpus A harbor and an offshore oilrefineryisland were also incorporated into this study.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/refinery## |