foundry
foundry — 名詞
- foundrysingular
- foundriesplural
1. an industrial building where metal is heated until it melts, then poured into ho
鑄造廠
熔化金屬後倒入模具製作物件的工廠
an industrial building where metal is heated until it melts, then poured into hollow moulds so that it hardens into shaped objects such as engine parts, pipes, or statues
The old iron foundry on River Street has been making manhole covers since 1923.
河邊街那家老舊的鑄鐵廠從 1923 年起就一直在生產人孔蓋。
collocation: iron foundry
Camila's grandfather spent forty years at a brass foundry before he finally retired.
Camila 的祖父在一家黃銅鑄造廠工作了四十年才終於退休。
collocation: brass foundry
After a fire destroyed the foundry, two hundred workers lost their jobs overnight.
大火燒毀鑄造廠之後，兩百名工人一夜之間失去了工作。
Tendai learned to operate the casting machines at a foundry outside Bulawayo.
Tendai 在布拉瓦約郊外的一家鑄造廠學會了操作鑄造機。
A modern foundry uses computer-controlled furnaces to melt steel at over 1,500 degrees.
現代鑄造廠使用電腦控制的熔爐，以超過一千五百度的高溫熔化鋼鐵。
- forge
a workshop where metal is heated and shaped by hammering, not by pouring into moulds
- smelter
a factory that extracts metal from raw ore by heating; does not imply shaping final objects
- steel mill
a large industrial plant that produces steel in bulk, usually as sheets or bars, rather than casting specific shapes
用法筆記
A foundry is specifically a place where metal is melted and cast into shapes. It is different from a forge, where metal is heated and hammered, and from a factory that assembles products from ready-made parts.