英语词汇“supply”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

supplysupply1 /səˈplaɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun (plural supplies)

COLLOCATIONS► money/water/food etc. supply

The Federal Reserve Bank controls the money supply.

► emergency/relief supplies

Emergency supplies are being sent to the flooded region.

► medical/school/cleaning etc. supplies

agencies taking food and medical supplies to the area paper and office supplies

1[countable] social studies, economics an amount of something that is available to be sold, bought, or used: The nation’s fuel supplies will not last forever.supply of a plentiful supply of cheap labormoney/water/food etc. supply The Federal Reserve Bank controls the money supply.2supplies [plural] food, clothes, and things necessary for daily life or for a particular activity: Supplies were brought in by air.emergency/relief supplies Emergency supplies are being sent to the flooded region.medical/school/cleaning etc. supplies agencies taking food and medical supplies to the area paper and office supplies3gas/electricity/water etc. supply a system that is used to supply gas, electricity, water, etc.: Los Angeles needed a reliable water supply.4[countable, uncountable] the act or process of providing something: supply of Blood clots can stop the supply of blood to the brain, causing a stroke.5a supply ship/convoy/route etc. a ship, a group of trucks, a route, etc. used for bringing or storing supplies → see also money supply, be in short supply at short1 (12)

noun | verb

supplysupply2 ●●● W3 verb (supplies, supplied, supplying) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsupply²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French soupleier, from Latin supplere to fill up, supplement, supply, from sub- up + plere to fill

VERB TABLE

supply

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	supply
	he, she, it	supplies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	supplied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have supplied
	he, she, it	has supplied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had supplied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will supply
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have supplied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am supplying
	he, she, it	is supplying
	you, we, they	are supplying
Past	I, he, she, it	was supplying
	you, we, they	were supplying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been supplying
	he, she, it	has been supplying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been supplying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be supplying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been supplying

1social studies to provide people with something that they need or want, especially regularly over a long period of time: Paint for the project was supplied by the city.supply somebody with something In the 1850s, Stanford’s business supplied miners with shovels.supply something to somebody They were arrested for supplying drugs to street dealers.2be well/poorly/generously supplied with something to have a lot of something, a little of something, etc.: The room was well supplied with chairs.