单词 | supply |
释义 | sup·ply (sə-plī) tr.v. sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies 1. To make available for use; provide: Does the hotel supply towels? 2. To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip: supplied the players with uniforms. See Synonyms at furnish. 3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature: a crime scene that supplied valuable evidence. 4. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need. 5. To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for. n. pl. sup·plies 1. The act of supplying: funds for the supply of the expedition. 2. An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock: Our supply of milk is low. 3. often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed. 4. Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price. [Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplēre : sub-, from below; see SUB- + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sup·plier n. |
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