Concetti Chiave
- A factory is a place where goods are manufactured, often using automated processes, and it can be viewed negatively when associated with uniform, low-quality production.
- The term "on the factory floor" refers to regular workers in a workplace, distinguishing them from management.
- A mill is a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain, and can operate using water, wind, or other power sources.
- The word "mill" also appears in idiomatic expressions, such as "run of the mill" for something unremarkable and "grist for the mill" for something useful.
- The surname "Miller" originates from individuals who operated mills, historically known as "millers."
Factory
A factory is a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured, generally in an automated or semi¬automated way.
Mrs. Bassman showed her year three class a video about a pencil factory that traced the process from cutting down the trees to writing with the finished product!
There must have been a problem at the air conditioner factory, because my air conditioner puts out hot air instead of cold. I want a refund!
When you want to talk about regular workers, and not management, in any workplace, you can use the expression on the factory floor.
Boris knew that his new proposal would be popular with management, since it would save millions of dollars per year, but he wasn't sure how it would be received on the factory floor.
Some people are very wary of online universities, thinking of them as diploma factories. A degree from a "bricks and mortar" university is usually seen as superior.
Mill
Mills are buildings with machinery to grind grain into flour or meal. Mill can also refer to the machine which does the grinding. Watermills use the power of moving water to drive the machinery in a mill, windmills use wind power for the same purpose, and a sawmill is a workplace in which logs are sawn into boards.
Not many people know it, but the surname Miller comes from the fact that men who operated mills grinding grain were known as "millers."
One of the highlights of the field trip was when the children got to go inside a working windmill, in which the power of the wind was helping to grind corn. Later, they ate cornbread prepared from the ground corn.
There are several colorful idioms that use the word mill. One is run of the mill, an expression that means common, everyday, or otherwise unremarkable. Another is grist for the mill, which means something useful or necessary.
I had high hopes for the film we went to see last night, but it turned out to be completely run of the mill, with a plot that I've seen a hundred times before.
It may seem silly, but while I'm doing research for this book, I'm eager to get every bit of information I can. No matter how trivial it may seem, everything is more grist for the mill.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué es una fábrica y cómo se utiliza el término en diferentes contextos?
- ¿Qué es un molino y qué tipos de molinos existen?
- ¿Cuál es el origen del apellido "Miller"?
- ¿Qué significan las expresiones "run of the mill" y "grist for the mill"?
Una fábrica es un edificio o grupo de edificios donde se fabrican bienes, generalmente de manera automatizada o semi-automatizada. El término "fábrica" también se puede usar de manera despectiva para referirse a lugares que producen productos uniformes sin preocuparse por la calidad.
Un molino es un edificio con maquinaria para moler grano en harina o sémola. Existen diferentes tipos de molinos, como los molinos de agua, que utilizan la energía del agua en movimiento, y los molinos de viento, que usan la energía del viento.
El apellido "Miller" proviene del hecho de que los hombres que operaban molinos para moler grano eran conocidos como "molinero" o "miller" en inglés.
"Run of the mill" es una expresión que significa común, cotidiano o poco notable. "Grist for the mill" se refiere a algo útil o necesario, como información que puede ser valiosa para un propósito específico.
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