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apparatus

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  • [ˌæpəˈreɪtəs]
  • Conjugation : pl  apparatus ; pl  apparatuses
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

apparatus [æpə'reɪtəs]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] (equipment) 装置
  2. 2. noun [of organization] [ system] 机构
    a piece of apparatus
    一件仪器

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

apparatus [ˌæpəˈreɪtəs]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 仪器设备装置用具器材
    Never attempt to fight a fire wearing a respirator or breathing apparatus.
    不要尝试带着呼吸器呼吸装置情况下去救火
  2. 2. n.[c] [Anatomy] 器官
    The golgi apparatus performs an assembly line function where proteins are processed.
    高尔基体执行组装线的功能蛋白质其中加工处理
  3. 3. n.[c] 机关组织机构

Collins English-English Dictionary

apparatus ["æpə'reɪtəs]
  1. 1. n a collection of instruments, machines, tools, parts, or other equipment used for a particular purpose
  2. 2. n a machine having a specific function
    breathing apparatus
  3. 3. n the means by which something operates; organization
    the apparatus of government
  4. 4. n [anatomy] any group of organs having a specific function
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C17: from Latin, from apparare to make ready

Examples

the apparatus of government
政府机构
a piece of apparatus
一件仪器
Never attempt to fight a fire wearing a respirator or breathing apparatus.
绝不要尝试在带着呼吸器或呼吸装置的情况下去救火。
The apparatus was operated remotely in a vacuum and in a temperature-controlled chamber.
该装置在一个真空及一个温度控制室里进行遥控操作。
breathing apparatus

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