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IELTS BNC: 5318 COCA: 6978

apparatus

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apparatus /ˌæpəˈrætəs/ noun
plural apparatuses or apparatus
apparatus
/ˌæpəˈrætəs/
noun
plural apparatuses or apparatus
Learner's definition of APPARATUS
: a tool or piece of equipment used for specific activities设备;仪器;装置
[count]
[noncount]
[count] : the organization or system used for doing or operating something机构;机关usually singular通常用单数
IELTS BNC: 5318 COCA: 6978

apparatus

noun

ap·​pa·​ra·​tus ˌa-pə-ˈra-təs How to pronounce apparatus (audio) -ˈrā- How to pronounce apparatus (audio)
plural apparatuses or apparatus
1
a
: a set of materials or equipment designed for a particular use
b
: a group of anatomical or cytological parts functioning together
mitotic apparatus
c
: an instrument or appliance designed for a specific operation
an apparatus for measuring vision
2
: the functional processes by means of which a systematized activity is carried out
the apparatus of society
: such as
a
: the machinery of government
b
: the organization of a political party or an underground movement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The patient would then be tethered to an external pumping apparatus for a period of time. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2022 Who has access to this supposedly egalitarian apparatus? Kamayani Sharma, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2022 These included, but not limited to, two-way tablets and motion-detector wrist apparatus, according to Safe in Home representative Kristin Wallace. Sue Ellen Ross, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022 Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy look-alikes were decked in floor-length green, purple, and red dresses and cloaks before being harnessed to a cable apparatus for aerial stunts over the Walgreens on Atwells Avenue. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2021 All of this illustrates the extreme caution that must be exercised before making changes to the voice apparatus. Guillaume Jacquemont, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021 China’s industry is effectively nationalized under Xi Jinping, so parallels to any U.S. regulatory apparatus are moot. Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2021 Americans are habitually unattuned to the massive and profoundly human apparatus that brings us basically everything in our lives. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2021 Blind Landing runs this set of ideas through its reading of why Allana Slater — who, again, was the 19th person to step up to the vault apparatus in competition — turned out to be the one who spoke up and who was ultimately heard. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin apparātus "act of preparing, display, trappings, equipment," from apparāre "to make ready, make preparations for" (from ad- ad- + parāre "to supply, provide, make ready") + -tus, suffix of verbal nouns — more at pare

First Known Use

circa 1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of apparatus was circa 1628
IELTS BNC: 5318 COCA: 6978
apparatus

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF APPARATUS | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbreathing, electrical, experimental, scientific呼吸裝置;電氣設備;實驗儀器;科學儀器administrative, bureaucratic, ideological, legal, party, security, state管理機構;官僚機構;意識形態機構;法律機構;政黨組織;安全機構;國家機關the state's powerful security apparatus該國強大的安全機構repressive鎮壓機器... OF APPARATUSpiece一件儀器a very sophisticated piece of laboratory apparatus一件非常先進的實驗儀器PHRASESthe apparatus of government, the apparatus of the state政府/國家機關

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