supply 音標拼音: [səpl'ɑɪ]
n . 補給,供給,供應品
vt . 補給,供給,提供,補充,代理
vi . 替代
補給,供給,供應品補給,供給,提供,補充,代理替代
supply 參考電源
supply 供應
supply n 1 :
an amount of something available for use 2 :
offering goods and services for sale [
ant : {
demand }]
3 :
the activity of supplying or providing something [
synonym :
{
provision }, {
supply }, {
supplying }]
v 1 :
give something useful or necessary to ; "
We provided the room with an electrical heater " [
synonym : {
supply }, {
provide },
{
render }, {
furnish }]
2 :
circulate or distribute or equip with ; "
issue a new uniform to the children "; "
supply blankets for the beds " [
synonym :
{
issue }, {
supply }] [
ant : {
recall }]
3 :
give what is desired or needed ,
especially support ,
food or sustenance ; "
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests "
[
synonym : {
provide }, {
supply }, {
ply }, {
cater }]
4 :
state or say further ; "`
It doesn '
t matter ,'
he supplied "
[
synonym : {
add }, {
append }, {
supply }]
Supply \
Sup *
ply "\,
n .;
pl . {
Supplies }.
1 .
The act of supplying ;
supplial . --
A .
Tucker .
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2 .
That which supplies a want ;
sufficiency of things for use or want .
Specifically :
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(
a )
Auxiliary troops or reenforcements . "
My promised supply of horsemen ." --
Shak .
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(
b )
The food ,
and the like ,
which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men ;
store ; --
used chiefly in the plural ;
as ,
the army was discontented for lack of supplies .
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(
c )
An amount of money provided ,
as by Parliament or Congress ,
to meet the annual national expenditures ;
generally in the plural ;
as ,
to vote supplies .
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(
d )
A person who fills a place for a time ;
one who supplies the place of another ;
a substitute ;
esp .,
a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit .
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{
Stated supply } (
Eccl .),
a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time ,
but not settled as a pastor .
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U .
S .]
{
Supply and demand }. (
Polit .
Econ .) "
Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price .
Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price ." --
F .
A .
Walker .
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Supply \
Sup *
ply "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Supplied };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Supplying }.] [
For older supploy ,
F .
suppl ['
e ]
er ,
OF .
also supployer , (
assumed )
LL .
suppletare ,
from L .
supplere ,
suppletum ;
sub under plere to fill ,
akin to plenus full .
See {
Plenty }.]
1 .
To fill up ,
or keep full ;
to furnish with what is wanted ;
to afford ,
or furnish with ,
a sufficiency ;
as ,
rivers are supplied by smaller streams ;
an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake ; --
often followed by with before the thing furnished ;
as ,
to supply a furnace with fuel ;
to supply soldiers with ammunition .
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2 .
To serve instead of ;
to take the place of .
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Burning ships the banished sun supply . --
Waller .
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The sun was set ,
and Vesper ,
to supply His absent beams ,
had lighted up the sky . --
Dryden .
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3 .
To fill temporarily ;
to serve as substitute for another in ,
as a vacant place or office ;
to occupy ;
to have possession of ;
as ,
to supply a pulpit .
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4 .
To give ;
to bring or furnish ;
to provide ;
as ,
to supply money for the war . --
Prior .
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Syn :
To furnish ;
provide ;
administer ;
minister ;
contribute ;
yield ;
accommodate .
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Supply \
Sup *
ply "\,
a .
Serving to contain ,
deliver ,
or regulate a supply of anything ;
as ,
a supply tank or valve .
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{
Supply system } (
Zool .),
the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed .
See Illust .
of {
Spongiae }.
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134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
supply ":
ability ,
accommodate ,
accommodate with ,
accouterment ,
accumulation ,
acting ,
ad interim ,
afford ,
armament ,
assets ,
available means ,
balance ,
cache ,
capacity ,
capital ,
capital goods ,
capitalization ,
cater to ,
catering ,
chandlery ,
clothe ,
come up with ,
contribute ,
deliver ,
delivery ,
devices ,
dispense ,
disposable resources ,
distribute ,
distribution ,
donate ,
endow ,
endowment ,
equip ,
equipment ,
favor with ,
feed ,
fill ,
fill up ,
find ,
finding ,
fit out ,
fitting out ,
fulfill ,
fund ,
funds ,
furnish ,
furnishing ,
furnishment ,
give ,
grist ,
hand ,
hand over ,
heap upon ,
hoard ,
holdings ,
indulge with ,
interim ,
inventory ,
invest ,
investment ,
keep ,
lavish upon ,
liquid assets ,
logistics ,
maintain ,
make available ,
make provision for ,
material resources ,
materials ,
materiel ,
means ,
method ,
outfit ,
outfitting ,
pour on ,
power ,
preparation ,
prepare ,
present ,
pro tem ,
pro tempore ,
procurement ,
property ,
provide ,
provide for ,
providing ,
provision ,
provisioning ,
purvey ,
purveyance ,
quantity ,
raw material ,
recourses ,
recruit ,
reinforcement ,
replenish ,
replenishment ,
reserve ,
reservoir ,
resorts ,
resource ,
resources ,
resupply ,
retailing ,
rig out ,
satisfy ,
sell ,
selling ,
shower down upon ,
staple ,
stock ,
stocking ,
stockpile ,
stockpiling ,
store ,
stuff ,
subsidization ,
subsidize ,
subsidy ,
substances ,
subvention ,
supplying ,
support ,
surplus ,
transfer ,
turn over ,
victual ,
victualing ,
ways ,
ways and means ,
wherewith ,
wherewithal ,
yield
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