man-made
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌman-ˈmade ●○○ adjective 1 ARTIFICIALman-made materials and substances are not natural 人造的，人工的 SYN artificial OPP natural fabrics made using a combination of natural and man-made fibres 用天然纤维和人造纤维混纺制成的织物► see thesaurus at artificial2 made by people, rather than by natural processes 人工制造的，非天然的 Europe’s largest man-made lake 欧洲最大的人工湖
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man-made• Louis did well to take Carlat, its fortifications natural as well as man-made.• Current weather problems may actually be man-made, a direct result of environmental damage.• Gardening is really interfering with nature; it's man-made and you're putting the plants where you want them.• But what about patients who are apparently fit and healthy until they suffer a massive exposure to toxic man-made chemicals?• man-made fibers• The coat is 80% wool and 20% man-made fibers.• The arrival of man-made instruments represented the supplanting and indeed deliberate transcending of nature by human values.• a man-made lake• The amusement park is built around a man-made lake.• We can then see that such areas have developed fairly recently, and very largely at the expense of man-made landscapes.• Some seek personal de-criminalisation and rehabilitation, others have a more fundamental objection to man-made laws and courts as such.• Beneath this man-made mechanism of oppression are the people, literally distanced from their surroundings by Kahlo's use of photo-collage.• I suspect the yellowish colour is due to the pollution in the air-our own man-made pollution.ˌman-ˈmade adjectiveChineseSyllable
natural not and man-made substances materials are Corpus
man-made
ˌman-ˈmade
adjective
1. man-made materials and substances are not natural
SYN artificial
OPP natural:
fabrics made using a combination of natural and man-made fibres
2. made by people, rather than by natural processes:
Europe’s largest man-made lake
▪ artificial not real or natural, but made to look or work like something real or natural: artificial flowers | He was given an artificial heart.
▪synthetic made using chemical processes rather than by natural processes: synthetic fabrics | a synthetic version of the drug
▪man-made made by people – used especially about geographical features and materials: a man-made lake | man-made fibres
▪fake made to look or seem like something else, especially in order to deceive people: a fake passport | fake fur
▪imitation made to look like something, but not real – used especially about guns, jewellery, and leather: imitation firearms | imitation pearls
▪false artificial – used especially about teeth, eyelashes, and beards: a set of false teeth
▪simulated not real, but made to look, sound, or feel real, especially by means of special computers or machines: a simulated space flight
▪virtual made, done, seen etc on a computer, rather than in the real world: a virtual tour of the garden
ˌman-ˈmade
adjective1. man-made materials and substances are not natural
SYN artificial
OPP natural:
2. made by people, rather than by natural processes:
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artificial made or produced to copy sth natural; not real 指人工的、人造的、假的 ：◆ artificial flowers 假花 ◆ artificial light 人造光 synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals 指人工合成的 ：◆ synthetic drugs 合成药物 ◆ shoes with synthetic soles 合成鞋底的鞋 false not natural 指非天然的、非天生的、假的 ：◆ false teeth 假牙 ◆ a false beard 假胡子 man-made made by people; not natural 指人造的、非天然的 ：◆ man-made fibres such as nylon 尼龙之类的人造纤维 fake made to look like sth else; not real 指伪造的、冒充的、假的 ：◆ a fake-fur jacket 一件人造毛皮的短上衣 imitation [ 指仿制的、人造的、假的 ：◆ She would never wear imitation pearls. 她绝不会戴假珍珠。
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artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls