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hardware n.五金器具；[计] 硬件；武器装备 (1) 他们带着大量的五金器具存货。(2) 我家紧靠一家五金商店。(3) 我对计算机硬件一窍不通。(4) 我们只经营硬件而不经营软件。(5) 从计算机的工作过程看，计算机系统是由软件和硬件组成的。(6) 他们选择加强更简单牢固的武器。 The word hardware dates back to the early 16th Century, where it was used to indicate such items as tools and weapons. Nowadays, that meaning holds, with hardware stores traditionally specializing mainly in materials and tools for building and repairs. The military use of the word has also remained, referring to major weapons such as tanks and missiles. However, since 1947, the word hardware has also taken on an ironically softer meaning — that of the components of a computer system.

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英 ['hɑːdweə(r)] 美 ['hɑːrdwer] (1) They carried a vast inventory of hardware.(2) My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop.(3) I know nothing about computer hardware.(4) We deal in hardware but not software.(5) A computer system is composed of software and hardware in the light of its working mode.(6) They chose to concentrate on simpler and more durable hardware. As the word suggests, the word hardware usually refers to tools used to build something — “wares” that are “hard.” It also is used to refer to the computer equipment that stores and uses “software,” the programs used in computing. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（计算机）硬件 In computer systems, hardware refers to the machines themselves as opposed to the programs which tell the machines what to do. 2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重武器；军事装备 Military hardware is the machinery and equipment that is used by the armed forces, such as tanks, aircraft, and missiles.   [usu adj N]3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（家庭和园艺用的）五金制品，金属器具 Hardware refers to tools and equipment that are used in the home and garden, for example saucepans, screwdrivers, and lawnmowers.

英语单词	hardware
英美音标	英 ['hɑːdweə(r)] 美 ['hɑːrdwer]
中文释义	n.五金器具；[计] 硬件；武器装备
英语例句	(1) They carried a vast inventory of hardware. (2) My house stands cheek by jowl with a hardware shop. (3) I know nothing about computer hardware. (4) We deal in hardware but not software. (5) A computer system is composed of software and hardware in the light of its working mode. (6) They chose to concentrate on simpler and more durable hardware.
中文例句	(1) 他们带着大量的五金器具存货。 (2) 我家紧靠一家五金商店。 (3) 我对计算机硬件一窍不通。 (4) 我们只经营硬件而不经营软件。 (5) 从计算机的工作过程看，计算机系统是由软件和硬件组成的。 (6) 他们选择加强更简单牢固的武器。
vocabulary简明	As the word suggests, the word hardware usually refers to tools used to build something — “wares” that are “hard.” It also is used to refer to the computer equipment that stores and uses “software,” the programs used in computing.
vocabulary扩展	The word hardware dates back to the early 16th Century, where it was used to indicate such items as tools and weapons. Nowadays, that meaning holds, with hardware stores traditionally specializing mainly in materials and tools for building and repairs. The military use of the word has also remained, referring to major weapons such as tanks and missiles. However, since 1947, the word hardware has also taken on an ironically softer meaning — that of the components of a computer system.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（计算机）硬件 In computer systems, hardware refers to the machines themselves as opposed to the programs which tell the machines what to do. 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重武器；军事装备 Military hardware is the machinery and equipment that is used by the armed forces, such as tanks, aircraft, and missiles. [usu adj N] 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（家庭和园艺用的）五金制品，金属器具 Hardware refers to tools and equipment that are used in the home and garden, for example saucepans, screwdrivers, and lawnmowers.

Hardware Computer Word Tools Refers Equipment N Uncount 不可数名词