furniture

名词 n.
/ˈfɜː.nɪ.t͡ʃə/    /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. uncountable,usually
    — The woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
  2. The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal. uncountable,usually
    — We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells.
  3. Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item. uncountable,usually
    — […]a new universal pistol, one to be carried by each man, with a 9-inch barrel of musket-bore and an iron ramrod carried in the holster; the furniture was reduced to just a brass trigger guard (no butt-plate), and some were fitted with Nock's lock.
  4. An accompanying enhancing feature, or features collectively; embellishment, decoration, trimming. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
  5. The stock and forearm of a weapon. uncountable,usually
  6. The pieces of wood or metal put around pages of type to make proper margins and fill the spaces between the pages and the chase. historical,uncountable,usually
  7. The stumps. slang,uncountable,usually
  8. Any material on the page other than the body text and pictures of articles; for example, headlines, datelines and dinkuses, lines and symbols (though in earlier use, only non-text elements of page design, such as lines and symbols). uncountable,usually
    — It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.”
  9. A type of mixture organ stop. uncountable,usually
  10. Draped coverings and hangings; bedsheets, tablecloths, tapestries, etc. archaic,uncountable,usually
  11. Clothing with which a person is furnished; apparel, outfit. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  12. Arms and armor, equipment of war. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  13. Equipment for work, apparatus, tools, instruments. archaic,uncountable,usually
  14. Condiments of a salad. in-plural,obsolete,uncountable,usually
  15. Stock, supply, stores, provisions. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  16. Contents; that with which something is filled or stocked. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  17. Impressive-looking books used for filling out the collection of a private library. uncountable,usually
  18. The action of furnishing or supplying. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  19. The condition of being equipped, prepared, or mentally cultivated. obsolete,uncountable,usually

词形变化

furnitures plural

词源

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”), from fournir (“to furnish”).
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