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appliance n.用具,器具 Most modern homes are full of appliances that perform various useful tasks — or help you perform them. A hairdryer is an appliance that dries your hair, and a television is an appliance that offers hours of mindless entertainment. The earliest meaning of the word was "action of putting into use," from the verb apply, with its Latin root, applicare, which figuratively means "devote oneself to" or "give attention." ★★☆☆☆ 2001.6

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[ə'plaiəns] An appliance is a tool or device that performs a certain job. Your toaster is an appliance, and so is your dishwasher. Your dog? Not so much. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder—kitchen rage. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（家用）电器，器械，装置 An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.   [FORMAL 正式]He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.他可以再学学使用吸尘器、洗衣机和其他家用电器。...Maytag, one of America's biggest domestic appliance manufacturers.美泰克公司，美国最大的家电制造商之一2[N-SING 单数名词]（技术或知识的）使用，应用 The appliance of a skill or of knowledge is its use for a particular purpose.   [usu N of n]These advances were the result of the intellectual appliance of science.这些进步是巧妙应用科学的结果。

英语单词	appliance
英美音标	[ə'plaiəns]
中文释义	n.用具,器具
vocab简明	An appliance is a tool or device that performs a certain job. Your toaster is an appliance, and so is your dishwasher. Your dog? Not so much.
vocab扩展	Most modern homes are full of appliances that perform various useful tasks — or help you perform them. A hairdryer is an appliance that dries your hair, and a television is an appliance that offers hours of mindless entertainment. The earliest meaning of the word was "action of putting into use," from the verb apply, with its Latin root, applicare, which figuratively means "devote oneself to" or "give attention."
真题原句	And home *appliances* will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder—kitchen rage.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（家用）电器，器械，装置 An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical. [FORMAL 正式] He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances. 他可以再学学使用吸尘器、洗衣机和其他家用电器。 ...Maytag, one of America's biggest domestic appliance manufacturers. 美泰克公司，美国最大的家电制造商之一 2 [N-SING 单数名词]（技术或知识的）使用，应用 The appliance of a skill or of knowledge is its use for a particular purpose. [usu N of n] These advances were the result of the intellectual appliance of science. 这些进步是巧妙应用科学的结果。
来源	2001.6

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