喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture 'production' as the act of bringing something into being — putting work in at one end and having a finished thing come out the other. From that one picture the word stretches to how much comes out, to what the body or nature brings forth, to the making of a show, and even to bringing a ticket out into view.

可以想成：production 就是「把東西生出來」這個動作——這頭投入工夫，那頭就有成品出來。從這個畫面出發，這個…更多收起可以想成：production 就是「把東西生出來」這個動作——這頭投入工夫，那頭就有成品出來。從這個畫面出發，這個字延伸到「出來了多少」（產量）、身體或大自然「自然生出」的東西、做一齣戲或一部片，甚至延伸到把票「拿出來」給人看。

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

productionnoun/pɹəˈdʌkʃən/

  • 1

    The act of producing, making or creating something.

    • The widget making machine is being used for production now.
  • 2

    The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.

    • I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
  • 3

    The act of being produced.

    • The widgets are coming out of production now.
  • 4

    The total amount produced.

    • They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
    • The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
  • 5

    The presentation of a theatrical work.

    • We went to a production of Hamlet.
  • 6

    An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.

    • He made a simple meal into a huge production.
  • 7

    That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).

    • This is the final production model.
  • 8

    The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAn extension or protrusion.

  • 10

    computingengineeringmathematicsA rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)

    • Each production is implemented with a function.
  • 11

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.

    • production environment
    • live production database
  • 12

    Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.

  • 13

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesWriting viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。