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production line

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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proˈduction ˌline noun [countable]  TIFa line of machines and workers in a factory, each doing one job in the process of making a product before passing it to the next machine or worker 生产线;装配线 SYN assembly line4  See picture of 见图 production line
Examples from the Corpus
production lineEducation is not a production line, teachers are not operatives, and assessment is more than quality control.Design faults meant that each new station required major alterations; any hope of a production line quickly went out the window.G-AVIL, the subject of this air test, is one such model, being number five of the Alon production line.Such a system would be appropriate if human beings were made like cars on an automated production line.By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.While touring the Accord plant, we stopped to examine the body shells as they enter the production line.Harman leads by example, putting his time in on the production line.These programs familiarize trainees with the production line, company policies and procedures, and the requirements of the job.
proˈduction ˌline nounChineseSyllable
Corpus and in factory, a doing a workers machines each of line


production line
proˈduction ˌline noun [countable]
a line of machines and workers in a factory, each doing one job in the process of making a product before passing it to the next machine or worker
   SYN  assembly line


production lineBrE /prəˈdʌkʃn laɪn/ 🔊NAmE /prəˈdʌkʃn laɪn/ 🔊 (also asˈsembly line) nouna line of workers and machines in a factory, along which a product passes, having parts made, put together or checked at each stage until the product is finished 生产线;装配线;流水线Cars are checked as they come off the production line. 汽车下了生产线立即作检验。🔊🔊