ironworks
製鉄所
解説 Definition
鉄を精錬・加工する工場や施設のこと。
Ironworks is a factory or industrial place where iron is made or shaped into products. It can also refer to the business of producing iron materials. The word is often used in historical, industrial, or manufacturing contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
iron はもちろん「鉄」。ポイントは works で、ここでは work「仕事」ではなく factory works の感覚で「工場・作業施設」を表す。waterworks, gasworks, steelworks と同じ型だと覚えると定着しやすい。つまり ironworks は「鉄を扱う大きな作業場」→製鉄所。なお ironwork は柵や装飾金物など個々の鉄製細工を指しやすく、ironworks は施設全体になりやすい点を分けて覚える。
This word is easier if you know that `works` can mean an industrial plant, not just "jobs" or "tasks." Think of patterns like `steelworks` or `gasworks`. So `ironworks` is a place where iron is processed on a large scale. Keep `ironwork` separate: that often means individual iron items such as gates or decorative metalwork.
例文
The old ironworks has been converted into a museum celebrating the region's industrial heritage.
その古い製鉄所は地域の産業遺産を記念する博物館に改装された。
Hundreds of workers were employed at the ironworks during the Industrial Revolution.
産業革命の時代には何百人もの労働者がその製鉄所で働いていた。
The ironworks produced the steel beams used in constructing the famous bridge.
その製鉄所は有名な橋の建設に使われた鉄骨を生産した。
ironworks の類義語・関連語
ironworks の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ironworks は iron と works の複合語で、iron は古英語 isern、works は古英語 weorc「仕事・作業」にさかのぼります。直訳すると「鉄を扱う作業場」で、workshop や wrought も同じ weorc 系なので、製鉄所の実感がつかめます。
Ironworks is a compound of iron and works. Iron comes from Old English isern, and works comes from Old English weorc, meaning "work" or "activity." The word first meant a place where iron was worked or produced, and the same old root appears in words like work and workshop.
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