| 单词 | apparatus |
| 释义 | apparatus /ap'euh rat"euhs, -ray"teuhs/, n. , pl. apparatus, apparatuses. 1. a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use: Our town has excellent fire-fighting apparatus. 2. any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose. 3. any system or systematic organization of activities, functions, processes, etc., directed toward a specific goal: the apparatus of government; espionage apparatus. 4. Physiol. a group of structurally different organs working together in the performance of a particular function: the digestive apparatus. [1620-30; < L apparatus equipment, orig. the act of equipping, preparation, equiv. to appara(re) to prepare (ap- AP-1 + parare; see PREPARE) + -tus suffix of v. action] Syn. 2. machine, appliance, device, contraption, contrivance. |
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