| 单词 | appliance |
| 释义 | appliance (once / 1287 pages) 1n 2n An appliance is a tool or device that performs a certain job. Your toaster is an appliance, and so is your dishwasher. Your dog? Not so much. Most modern homes are full of appliances that perform various useful tasks — or help you perform them. A hairdryer is an appliance that dries your hair, and a television is an appliance that offers hours of mindless entertainment. The earliest meaning of the word was "action of putting into use," from the verb apply, with its Latin root, applicare, which figuratively means "devote oneself to" or "give attention." WORD FAMILYappliance: appliances USAGE EXAMPLESThe mammoth technology industry confab, formerly the International Consumer Electronics Show, used to be centered on big-screen televisions, appliances and speakers. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Another virtual assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, lives in the Echo, a cylindrical black household appliance, but identifies as female. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) The reference is to the constellation of devices — such as cameras, cellphones and appliances — connected to the internet. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n a device or control that is very useful for a particular job 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget gadgetry appliances collectively gimbalan appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injectora contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod conmodern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose n durable goods for home or office use Hypo|Hyper drier, dryer an appliance that removes moisture home appliance, household appliancean appliance that does a particular job in the home clothes drier, clothes dryera dryer that dries clothes wet from washing curling irona cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blowera hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair iron, smoothing ironhome appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth kitchen appliancea home appliance used in preparing food sewing machinea textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing pants presser, trouser pressa home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out vacuum, vacuum cleaneran electrical home appliance that cleans by suction white goodslarge electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel consumer durables, durable goods, durables consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
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