Word · Frequency #5318
apparatus
设备;装置;器械
pieces of equipment or machinery that work together for a specific purpose; a complex device or a set of tools.
- 1.
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- 2.
equipment designed to serve a specific function
用于特定功能的设备
- 3.
A complex machine or instrument.
- 4.
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
一组协同工作的身体部位
- 5.
An assortment of tools and instruments.
- 6.
A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
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A vehicle used for emergency response.
- 8.
Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- 9.
Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- 10.
A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
复杂改造的武器(通常非火器);武器化的鲁布·戈德堡装置
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In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
版本中提供信息(尤其是文本异文)的注释系统
机构;组织;机制;器官系统;器官装置;体操器械;体操用具;消防车;应急车辆;校勘资料;评注材料
In use
The lab assistant carefully assembled the glass apparatus for the distillation experiment.
The gymnast practiced on the balance beam and other apparatus to prepare for the competition.
The firefighter used a breathing apparatus to enter the smoke-filled building.
the breathing apparatus
apparatus for [noun/verb-ing]
They designed a new apparatus for measuring air pressure.
他们设计了一个测量气压的新装置。
a piece of apparatus
apparatus 作为可数集合名词,a piece of 表示单个器具。
This laboratory requires each student to use a piece of apparatus.
Connections
Collocations
- breathing apparatus
- 呼吸装置
- The firefighter put on his breathing apparatus before entering the burning building.消防员在进入燃烧的大楼前戴上了呼吸装置。
- scientific apparatus
- 科学仪器
- The laboratory is equipped with the latest scientific apparatus.实验室配备了最新的科学仪器。
- experimental apparatus
- 实验装置
- They constructed an experimental apparatus to test the new theory.他们搭建了一个实验装置来测试新理论。
- laboratory apparatus
- 实验室设备
- All laboratory apparatus must be sterilized before use.所有实验室设备在使用前必须消毒。
- photographic apparatus
- 摄影器材
- He packed his photographic apparatus for the wildlife photography trip.他打包了摄影器材,准备去拍摄野生动物。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'apparatus'的发音类似'阿帕拉图斯',记住它是一个复杂的装置。
Context & Register
该词为正式或专业用语,通常用于科学、技术或解剖学语境,指代特定功能的设备或器官系统。在一般日常对话中较少出现。
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为 apparatuses;常与 for 连用表示用途,与 of 连用表示所属或组成部分。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.