factory floor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌfactory ˈfloor noun the factory floor a) the area in a factory where goods are made 厂房,车间 b) the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers 车间工人on the factory floor There’s been a lot of talk on the factory floor (=among the ordinary workers) about more layoffs. 车间工人议论纷纷,说还会有更多的裁员。
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factory floor• Rumors swept up from the factory floor and lofted back down again from the cubicles of middle management.• He moved off the factory floor and into management with the same manufacturing firm.• Down on the factory floor, automatic control had the expected virtue of moderating high-powered energy sources as mentioned earlier.• But socialism was doomed unless power remained on the factory floor and flowed upwards, rather than downwards.• Components were stacked in piles all over the factory floor like the contents of an attic.• They went through a series of corridors until they reached the factory floor.• Such an agreement, however, has clearer links with the factory floor than the consulting room.ˌfactory ˈfloor nounChineseSyllable
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factory floor
ˌfactory ˈfloor
noun
the factory floor
a. the area in a factory where goods are made
b. the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers
on the factory floor
There’s been a lot of talk on the factory floor (=among the ordinary workers) about more layoffs.
ˌfactory ˈfloor
nounthe factory floor
a. the area in a factory where goods are made
b. the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers
on the factory floor
often