Before the advent of automated looms, textile workers relied on manual weaving techniques that required exceptional skill and patience.
在自动织布机出现之前，纺织工人依赖需要非凡技巧和耐心的手工编织技术。
- Widespread adoption reduced the amount of time households spent on manual dishwashing.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “manual”?
D — Done by hand; n. handbook. “manual” means done by hand; n. handbook.
Which word means “done by hand; n. handbook”?
A — manual. “manual” means done by hand; n. handbook.
manual — done by hand; n. handbook. In Chinese: 手工的，手册.
manual is pronounced /ˈmænjuəl/.
Before the advent of automated looms, textile workers relied on manual weaving techniques that required exceptional skill and patience. (在自动织布机出现之前，纺织工人依赖需要非凡技巧和耐心的手工编织技术。)
hand-operated, physical, by hand — all close in meaning to manual (done by hand; n. handbook).
automatic, automated — each the opposite of manual (done by hand; n. handbook).
Yes. manual is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
manu(hand)+al