apparatus
noun /ˌæpəˈreɪtəs/
/ˌæpəˈrætəs/
(plural apparatuses)
仪器;器械;装置 - a piece of laboratory apparatus
一件实验室仪器 - Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.
消防队员需要呼吸器以便进入燃烧的大楼。 - Science departments say they are lacking basic apparatus.
理科系说他们缺少最基本的仪器。
Synonyms equipmentequipmentTopics Scientific researchc1- material
- gear
- kit
- apparatus
- equipment the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity:
- camping equipment
野营装备 - a piece of equipment
一件设备
- camping equipment
- material things that are needed for a particular activity:
- household cleaning materials
家用清洁剂 - teaching material
教学材料
- household cleaning materials
Equipment is usually solid things, especially large ones. Materials may be liquids, powders or books, software, etc. containing information, as well as small solid items.用 equipment 还是 material? - gear the equipment or clothes needed for a particular activity:
- Skiing gear can be expensive.
滑雪装备有时会很昂贵。
- Skiing gear can be expensive.
- kit a set of tools or equipment that you use for a particular purpose:
- a first-aid kit
一套急救用品 - a tool kit
一套工具
- a first-aid kit
- apparatus the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task:
- breathing apparatus for firefighters
消防员用的呼吸器 - laboratory apparatus
实验室仪器
- breathing apparatus for firefighters
- electrical/electronic equipment/gear/apparatus
- sports equipment/gear/kit
- camping equipment/gear
- a piece of equipment/apparatus
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breathing
- electrical
- experimental
- …
- piece
- the apparatus of government
- the apparatus of the state
- a piece of laboratory apparatus
(尤指政党或政府的)机构,组织,机关 - the power of the state apparatus
国家机关的权力 - We cannot do without the apparatus of government in protecting the rights of the individual.
我们不能没有保护个人权利的政府机构。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breathing
- electrical
- experimental
- …
- piece
- the apparatus of government
- the apparatus of the state
- the power of the state apparatus
- [countable, usually singular] (specialist) a system of organs in the body
器官 - the sensory apparatus
感觉器官
- the sensory apparatus
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin, from apparare ‘make ready for’, from ad- ‘towards’ + parare ‘make ready’.