单词 | furnish |
释义 | fur·nish I. transitive verb 1. a. < 'tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours to furnish us — Shakespeare > — usually used with following with < the wary collector sends for someone who can furnish him with … evidence of the authenticity of his picture — Clive Bell > < fins … furnished with strong pointed spines — Richard Semon > b. < a luxuriously furnished reception room — John Pudney > 2. obsolete < Bucephalus … being saddled and furnished … could endure none but Alexander — Edward Topsell > 3. obsolete < I'll show thee some attires and have thy counsel which is the best to furnish me tomorrow — Shakespeare > 4. < the southeast trade winds and the tropical foliage furnish alleviating coolness — H.A.Chippendale > intransitive verb 1. < the modern young couple about to furnish — R.D.Benn > 2. chiefly dialect Britain a. of a horse b. < in White Leghorns … there is the type which furnishes slowly, the comb being slow in the growing and the feathering long — Australasian > Synonyms: < music was furnished by the United States Army Band — American Guide Series: Oregon > < such education as the local schools could furnish — G.F.Smythe > but is used typically with tangible more or less permanent articles for use < to furnish a room > equip, likewise wide in application < equip oneself to practice law > applies often to the provision of specific things making for greater convenience or utility < the house is three stories high, and is equipped with a conservatory — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < delightful picnic spots along the way, equipped with outdoor fireplaces, lunch tables, and springwater — American Guide Series: Vermont > outfit suggests provision of various things needed for a journey, expedition, or occasion < it took several days to outfit me for my journey to Washington — Willa Cather > < an English ship outfitted by Raleigh arrived with supplies and reinforcements — American Guide Series: North Carolina > appoint may suggest elegant equipment; the word is less used today in this sense than previously < the interior has been appointed with pieces associated with the Colonial period — American Guide Series: New York City > < it has beautifully appointed lounges, cafeteria, dining room, meeting rooms — American Guide Series: Michigan > arm often applies to supplying or furnishing that which adds to strength or security, to means of defense or offense < ever youthful in ardor, and armed with the shining sword of truth, he fought and killed many ogres who oppressed the children of the light — M.R.Cohen > < armed with wide powers and unlimited resources — T.D.McCormick > accouter indicates the providing of dress, personal equipment, and weapons for combat or as if for combat < lying hidden in her bosom was a loaded pistol. Lying hidden at her waist was a sharpened dagger. Thus accoutered … Madame Defarge took her way — Charles Dickens > < the fully accoutered members of a Wild West show — Saturday Review > Synonym: see in addition provide. II. 1. 2. a. b. South |
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