| 单词 | configured |
| 释义 | configured (once / 44602 pages) adj Use the adjective configured to describe something that's organized in a very specific way, for a particular use. A classroom, for example, is configured for play and learning. A modern zoo is configured so that animals have plenty of room to move around, and a baker's ideal kitchen is configured with space for kneading and rolling dough. When something's configured, it's arranged or set up to serve a purpose. The word comes from the verb configure, which is rooted in the Latin configurare, "to fashion after a pattern," from the stems con, "together," and figurare, "to shape." WORD FAMILYconfigure: configuration, configured, configures, configuring+/configuration: configurational, configurationism, configurations USAGE EXAMPLESThe newly configured kitchen got new cabinetry and flooring, as well as a pantry. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) And Horseshoe Bend, barely tested at the substantial capacity needed, isn’t the answer as currently configured. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) But the employee’s system was configured in a way that caused Georgia’s security vendor to misinterpret the visit as a scan of its systems. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) adj organized so as to give configuration to a magnet is surrounded by a configured field Syn organized formed into a structured or coherent whole |
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