| 单词 | rig |
| 释义 | rig (once / 396 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n When you rig something, you connect parts in a way that's so crazy it just might work. You could rig your jeans by using a paper clip to replace a button that pops. Rig can also describe deceiving people to achieve a certain outcome. Voting multiple times, purposely miscounting the number of votes a person received, even throwing out certain people's votes: these are all ways to rig an election. Outraged people say, "The election was fixed!" This doesn't mean it was repaired; it means it was rigged — fraud played a role in the outcome. WORD FAMILYrig: rigged, rigger, rigging, rigs+/rigged: unrigged/rigger: riggers/rigging: riggings USAGE EXAMPLESThe digital media ecosystem is completely rigged against ethical responsibility in ways that are potentially more destructive than the old media ecosystem. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Palmyra, parts of it already destroyed by the Islamists who deemed these monuments idolatrous, was still rigged with explosives. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) “So it’s rigged if Hillary wins, but it’s not rigged if Trump’s winning?” correspondent Allana Harkin asked a Trump voter. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v equip with sails or masts rig a ship Syn|Hyper set, set up equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose 2v connect or secure to They rigged the bomb to the ignition Hyper fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 3n formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel Syn|Hypo|Hyper rigging Bermuda rig, Bermudan rig, Bermudian rig, Marconi rig a rig of triangular sails for a yacht cat rigrig of a catboat fore-and-aft rigrig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft lateen-rigthe rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel formation a particular spatial arrangement 4n gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise Hypo|Hyper drill rig, drilling rig, oil rig, oilrig rig used in drilling for oil or gas drilling platform, offshore rigdrilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. 5n gear used in fishing Syn|Hyper fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. 6n a set of clothing (with accessories) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper getup, outfit, turnout bib-and-tucker an attractive outfit ensemblea coordinated outfit (set of clothing) playsuita sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse trousseauthe personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens sailor suita boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform attire, dress, garb clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion 1v manipulate in a fraudulent manner rig prices Syn|Hyper manipulate price determine the price of 2v arrange the outcome of by means of deceit rig an election Syn|Hyper set up cheat, chisel engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud 3n the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper cheat, swindle cozenage, scam a fraudulent business scheme bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, stinga swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property pyramidinga fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated holdoutthe act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later swizBritish slang for a swindle shell game, thimbleriga swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under sting operationa complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) fraud intentional deception resulting in injury to another person 1n a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together Syn|Hypo|Hyper articulated lorry, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig tandem trailer trucking rig with two trailers in tandem motortruck, truck an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling 2n a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses Syn|Hypo|Hyper carriage, equipage barouche a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top broughamlight carriage; pulled by a single horse buckboardan open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles buggy, roadstera small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse cab, cabrioletsmall two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood carochea luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century chaise, shaya carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse chariota light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage clarencea closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers coach, coach-and-four, four-in-handa carriage pulled by four horses with one driver droshky, droskyan open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia gharrya horse-drawn carriage in India gigsmall two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coacha carriage for hire hansom, hansom caba two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers landaua four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately post chaiseclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail stanhopea light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat surreya light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats trapa light two-wheeled carriage troikaa Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast four-wheelera hackney carriage with four wheels remisean expensive or high-class hackney stage, stagecoacha large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns horse-drawn vehicle a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |
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