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refinery

🇬🇧 UK/ri'fainәri/🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

n.

An industrial plant where raw materials such as oil, sugar, or metal are purified and processed

精炼厂,提炼厂

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
fineend, finish, make thin or pure
+
ryplace of, art of, collection
=refinery

Common Collocations

  • 1.oil refinery炼油厂
  • 2.sugar refinery糖厂
  • 3.refinery output炼厂产量
  • 4.[refinery complex]炼化综合体

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The oil refinery on the coast processes thousands of barrels of crude oil daily.

  • 2.

    Workers at the sugar refinery went on strike demanding better safety conditions.

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