furnish英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Material used to create an engineered product.

— The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.

动词 v.

To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment. transitive

— The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
To supply or give (something). figuratively,transitive

— […] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.
To supply (somebody) with something. figuratively,transitive

— The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.

词形变化

furnishes plural furnishes present,singular,third-person furnishing participle,present furnished participle,past furnished past

词汇关系

衍生词

disfurnish furnishable furnish and supply furnisher furnishment furnish out new-furnish overfurnish refurnish underfurnish unfurnish

词源

词源 1

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”).
Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.

词源 2

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”).
Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.