- 1nC1/əˈplaɪəns/家電
正式A machine, especially one that uses electricity, that people use in the home — for example a fridge or a washing machine.
示範例句 · Example
There's plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.
逐字那裡有很多空間給所有平常的廚房家電。
「appliance」是英文裡比較正式的「家電」總稱：家裡用電力（有時也用瓦斯）幫忙做事的機器，例如冰箱、洗衣機、洗碗機。它是可數名詞：an appliance, kitchen appliances。核心畫面可以想成「家裡會幫忙做事的電器」——比 machine 更鎖定「家用」；device 常指較小、做特殊工作的裝置；gadget 多半是小巧聰明的小工具。常見搭配：household / domestic / kitchen / electrical appliance。
常見搭配
kitchen appliance
廚房家電
a machine used for cooking or food work in the kitchen
There's plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.
household appliance
家用電器；家電
a machine people use in the home
Save the original packaging for household appliances.
electrical appliance
電器；用電的家電
a home machine that runs on electricity
Turn off electrical appliances when you leave the room.
domestic appliance
家用電器（較正式）
a machine used in the home (more formal wording)
The store repairs a range of domestic appliances.
gas appliance
瓦斯器具
a home machine that uses gas, such as some cookers or heaters
Have a worker check your gas appliances once a year.
small appliance
小型家電
a smaller home machine, such as a toaster or kettle
Unplug small appliances before you travel.
用法接近
refrigeratorwashing machinedishwasherovenmicrowavevacuum cleaner
core核心畫面
Picture the big machines that live in a home and each do one household job — the fridge that keeps things cold, the washing machine that washes. Not tools you hold, not you carry: things that stay put and run.
容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。
複數 appliances
用法接近
refrigeratorwashing machinedishwasherovenmicrowavevacuum cleaner
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
appliancenoun/əˈplaɪ.əns/
- 1
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially
- Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king?
- “[…] Oh, the pipe! won’t you have it lit again, father?” said Eppie, lifting that medicinal appliance from the ground.
- 2
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.
- I know I'm artificial But don't put the blame on me I was reared with appliances In a consumer society
- 3
An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- 4
obsoleteThe act of applying.
- 1658, Elias Ashmole, The Way to Bliss, London: Nath. Brook, Book 2, Chapter 2 “Of Health,” p. 75, […] there be three things, and every one full of under-branches belonging to this Art and way of Healing: The first is knowledge of the Diseases: the second is the Remedies against them: and the third of the appliance of Remedies; All which should be traversed in this Discourse.
- [T]he attention to fashion, the tasteful appliance of ornament in each portion of her dress, were quite in place with her: […]
- 5
obsoleteA means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
- […] Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are reliev’d, Or not at all.
- Physician. Now I haue found you out, you are in loue. Jane. I thinke I am, what your appliance now? Can all your Paracelsian mixtures cure it, ’T must be a Surgeon of the Ciuill Law, I feare that must cure me.
- 6
obsoleterareWilling service, willingness to act as someone wishes.
- And hearing your high majesty is touch’d With that malignant cause wherein the honour Of my dear father’s gift stands chief in power, I come to tender it and my appliance With all bound humbleness.
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