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单词 equip
释义 equip
\ə̇ˈkwip, ēˈ-\ transitive verb
(equipped ; equipped also equipt ; equipping ; equips)
Etymology: Middle French equiper, from Old French esquiper, eschiper to embark, launch a ship, equip a ship, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scipian to embark, equip a ship, from scip ship — more at ship
: to provide with what is necessary, useful, or appropriate: as
 a.
  (1) : to supply with material resources (as implements or facilities) : fit out
   < a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation >
   < a park equipped with a playground, ball fields, riding trails, and a historical museum >
   < he … was equipped with letters that opened every European door — Van Wyck Brooks >
  (2) : to provide with clothing or ornament
   < equipt in the … national dress of the Scottish people — Sir Walter Scott >
   < the long fitted jacket … is equipped with a notched cape collar — New Yorker >
  (3) : to provide with intellectual or emotional resources (as concepts or traits)
   < thus equipped with a philosophy Emerson was prepared to begin work as a critic — V.L.Parrington >
   : endow
   < she was equipped with an acute business sense — Current Biography >
 b. : to make ready or competent for service or action or against a need : prepare
  < most junior colleges are well equipped to engage … in such programs — L.L.Medsker >
  : qualify, fit
  < so young and so badly equipped to console someone so beset that she could not utter a word — Jean Stafford >
 specifically : to prepare by training or experience with the necessary skills or knowledge
  < went back to school to equip himself for a career as a telegrapher >
  < his own ordeal equipped him to understand and appreciate his friend's suffering >
Synonyms: see furnish
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