shipyard

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ship·yard /ˈʃɪp-jɑːd $ -jɑːrd/ noun [countable]  TTWTIFa place where ships are built or repaired 造[修]船厂，船坞

Examples from the Corpus

shipyard• Four big shipyards nearby and others further afield provided a ready-made market for its paints.• She moved to Portland, Ore., where she worked several jobs until later working as a welder at the shipyards.• Mr Walesa began working at the shipyard in 1967.• The engineers and labourers would sometimes appear from the shipyards with their black faces.• Washed his face and hands in the kitchen sink, threw away the name of the shipyard foreman.• Chemical smoke pouring off the shipyards and factories.• Without new orders, the shipyard would have run out of work by the end of next year.From Longman Business Dictionaryshipyardship‧yard /ˈʃɪp-jɑːd-jɑːrd/ noun [countable] a place where ships are built or repaireda naval shipyard

ship·yard nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus place ships Business or built a repaired are where

shipyard
ship‧yard /ˈʃɪp-jɑːd $ -jɑːrd/ noun [countable]
a place where ships are built or repaired
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines: She works in a chocolate factory. | a clothing factory
   ▪ plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced: Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. | a car plant | a nuclear power plant
   ▪ facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English: The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
   ▪ works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing: a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
   ▪ mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth: a paper mill | The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
   ▪ shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired: The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
   ▪ foundry a factory where metal is made into things using moulds: Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
   ▪ sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money: The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.

ship·yardBrE /ˈʃɪpjɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃɪpjɑːrd/ 🔊 nouna place where ships are built or repaired 船坞；造船厂；修船厂◆shipyard workers船坞工人