| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-build-something |
| 释义 | to build somethingThese words mean to make a building, machine, vehicle, etc. using materials or different parts. The word with the broadest use is build. The house was built in the 1950s. Workmen were building a bridge over the river. Construct is a more formal word than build and is often used to talk about building complicated structures such as bridges, dams, and tunnels. The company wants to construct a 175-mile pipeline. You can put up or, in formal contexts, erect a building or a wall. Putting up a wall will not solve the problem. It took less than six weeks to put up the new hospital. It's unlawful to erect a building until you get approval. If you assemble something, you put it together from smaller parts. You can also say that you put it together. He has a job assembling furniture in a warehouse. Without the instruction sheet, I've got no idea how to put all these parts together. You can also use the general word make to talk about putting parts together to produce an object or product. . The company makes high-end heart-rate monitors. The words fabricate, manufacture, and produce are used to talk about making products in large quantities in factories. Fabricate is especially used in US English. USIn the 1970s, semiconductors were fabricated on 75mm diameter silicon wafers The factory manufactures electrical components. Most people want to know how their goods were produced. For more words about making things, see the article at make. |
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