单词 | equip |
释义 | equip (once / 141 pages) v To equip means to provide something needed for a particular purpose. If you’re planning a trip to the Arctic, you should equip yourself with warm clothes, tents, and two-way radios. You might want to equip someone with an ice axe for ice climbing and a diving watch for underwater excursions. The ice axe or the diving watch is their equipment. Equip can also be used in a more figurative sense. If you are supposed to write computer programs but have never worked with a computer, you might say that you are not equipped for that. On a really bad day, it might feel like people are not equipped to deal with each other politely. WORD FAMILYequip: equipage, equipment, equipped, equipping, equips, re-equip+/equipage: equipages/equipment: equipments/equipped: ill-equipped, unequipped/re-equip: re-equipping USAGE EXAMPLESThe same filings say it was once called “the best equipped school in the nation.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The building contains 24 units and was equipped with sprinklers. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Disney will be well equipped to expand its galaxy of heroes in the next two years. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities Syn|Hypo|Hyper fit, fit out, outfit rig, set, set up equip with sails or masts mechanise, mechanize, motorise, motorizeequip with armed and armored motor vehicles fuseequip with a fuse; provide with a fuse collarfurnish with a collar spurequip with spurs finequip (a car) with fins motorizeequip with a motor motorizeequip with a motor vehicle stockequip with a stock horseshoeequip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes turn outoutfit or equip, as with accessories instrumentequip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling muzzlefit with a muzzle kit, kit out, kit upsupply with a set of articles or tools appointfurnish re-equip, rejigre-equip a factory or plant refitfit out again armor, armourequip with armor accouter, accoutreprovide with military equipment wireprovide with electrical circuits shaftequip with a shaft sparfurnish with spars stavefurnish with staves adorn, clothe, investfurnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors commissionput into commission; equip for service; of ships rewireprovide with new wiring furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 2v provide with abilities or understanding She was never equipped to be a dancer Hyper enable render capable or able for some task |
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