equipment与appliance的用法辨析可从以下五个维度展开:
1. 词源与核心语义
equipment(源自古法语"esquiper")强调"装备"的集合概念,指完成特定任务所需的工具群组,如camping equipment(包含帐篷、睡袋等整套露营用具)。appliance(源自拉丁语"applicare")特指"应用型器具",突出单一设备的功用性,如kitchen appliance(微波炉/榨汁机等独立电器)。
2. 语法特征
equipment作为不可数名词,需用"piece of equipment"量化(如three pieces of medical equipm ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
The act of applying; application.
subservience; compliance.
A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven.
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
The act of applying; application.
subservience; compliance.
A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven.