The factory where steel is made — the whole site, usually enormous: furnaces, chimneys, rail lines, sometimes its own harbour.

The factory where steel is made製造鋼鐵的工廠 — the whole site, usually enormous整個廠區，通常非常龐大: furnaces, chimneys, rail lines, sometimes its own harbour有熔爐、煙囪、鐵軌，有時候還有自己的港口

The strange thing about this word, and the thing to learn, is its grammar. It ends in s but it can be one single factory: 'there is a steelworks near the river' is correct English. And the plural looks exactly the same: 'two steelworks closed last year'. So the s tells you nothing about how many; the words around it do.

The strange thing about this word, and the thing to learn, is its grammar這個字奇怪、也是要學的重點在於它的文法. It ends in s but it can be one single factory它結尾有s但可以是單一一座工廠: 'there is a steelworks near the river' is correct English『there is a steelworks near the river』是正確的英文. And the plural looks exactly the same複數看起來完全一樣: 'two steelworks closed last year'『two steelworks closed last year』. So the s tells you nothing about how many所以那個s完全看不出數量; the words around it do是靠句子裡其他的字告訴你

This -works pattern is old and is used for several kinds of large industrial site — gasworks, ironworks, waterworks gates — and all of them behave the same way.

This -works pattern is old這種-works的組成方式很古老 and is used for several kinds of large industrial site用在好幾種大型工業場地 — gasworks, ironworks, waterworks gates像gasworks（瓦斯廠）、ironworks（煉鐵廠）、waterworks gates（水廠閘門） — and all of them behave the same way它們的文法規則都一樣

Steelworks is more British than American; Americans more often say a steel mill or a steel plant. You meet the word in news about industry and in place names, since towns often took their name from the works that fed them.

Steelworks is more British than Americansteelworks比較是英式用法; Americans more often say a steel mill or a steel plant美國人比較常說a steel mill或a steel plant. You meet the word in news about industry你會在產業新聞裡遇到這個字 and in place names也會在地名裡看到, since towns often took their name from the works that fed them因為城鎮常常是以養活它們的工廠來命名的