2022年9月11日 星期日

factory, plant, rentability, profitability, chlorophyll

Hoping to grow some chlorophyll

rentability

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

rentability (uncountable)
  1. The quality or degree of being rentable.

rentability study ,多跑出profitability study

Feasibility and profitability study. Construction of a biogas plant to produce fuel for Tartu city buses ...
我以前查過,rentability 是早期經濟學的用語......





我今天看到BBC學習英文對Plant的解釋:
plants
large factories
這遠比牛津字典的說明簡潔:A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place


chlorophyll
葉綠素
1
a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring.


plant

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Pronunciation: /plɑːnt
  
/NOUN
1A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
1.1A small plant, as distinct from a shrub or tree:garden plants


Plants differ from animals in lacking specialized sense organs, having no capacity for voluntary movement, having cell walls, and growing to suit their surroundings rather than having a fixed body plan
2A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place:a giant car plant
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESSYNONYMS
(1)((通例複合語で))工場
chemical plant
化学工場
nuclear energy plant
原子力発電所.
2.1[MASS NOUN] Machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process:inadequate investment in new plant
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESSYNONYMS
(2)機械,装置一式;(学校・病院などの)施設
heating plant
暖房装置
an enormous university plant
マンモス大学の施設.
4 [U](生産のための)設備,施設,プラント. ▼建物・敷地,時に人員も含める.
3A person placed in a group as a spy or informer:we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation
3.1A thing put among someone’s belongings to incriminate or compromise them.

4Snooker A shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.

VERB

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1Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow:we planted a lot of fruit trees
1.1Cover or supply (an area of land) with plants:the garden is planted with herbs
1.2(plant something out) Place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow, especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment:the foxgloves are grown from seed and planted out in the autumn
1.3INFORMAL Bury (someone):it was raining when we planted him
2[WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OF PLACE] Set or place in a particular position:he planted himself squarely in front of hershe planted a kiss on his cheek
2.1Establish (an idea) in someone’s mind:the seed of doubt is planted in his mind
2.2Secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time):several incendiary devices were planted in stores
2.3Put or hide (something) among someone’s belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner:they claimed that the drugs had been planted on them by police
2.4Send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer:he managed to plant an agent in his war council
2.5Found or establish (a colony, city, or community):he was commissioned to plant the order in England
2.6Deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake.

Origin

Old English plante 'seedling', plantian (verb), from Latinplanta 'sprout, cutting' (later influenced by French plante) and plantare 'plant, fix in a place'.



factory

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Pronunciation: /ˈfakt(ə)ri
  
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NOUN (plural factories)


1A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine:a clothing factory[AS MODIFIER]: factory workers
1.1[WITH MODIFIER] A person or organization that continually produces a great quantity of something specified:the group have become a rock-and-roll hit factory

2HISTORICAL An establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country:he is chaplain to the British factory at St Petersburg

Origin

late 16th century (in sense 2): via Portuguese feitoriafrom medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (seefactor). sense 1 based on late Latin factorium, literally 'oil press'.


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