apparatus
US: /ˌæpɝˈætəs/
UK: /ˌæpəɹˈeɪtəs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
apparatus /,æpə'reitəs/- danh từ, số nhiều apparatuses/,æpə'reitəsiz/
- đồ thiết bị; máy móc
- (sinh vật học) bộ máy
- the digestive apparatus: bộ máy tiêu hoá
- đồ dùng, dụng cụ
- fishing apparatus: đồ đánh cá
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural apparatuses)1 [U] the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task: a piece of laboratory apparatus + Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.
2 [C, usually sing.] the structure of a system or an organization, particularly that of a political party or a government: the power of the state apparatus
3 [C, usually sing.] (technical) a system of organs in the body: the sensory apparatus
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
equipment, requisites, tool, instrument, utensil, device, implement, machine, machinery, gear, paraphernalia, tackle, outfit; appliance, Colloq contraption, gadgetry, gadget:
The apparatus needed for the experiment is here.
Collocation
ADJ.
breathing, chemical, electrical, experimental, laboratory, scientific | administrative, bureaucratic, legal, party, security, state
the state's powerful security apparatus
QUANT.
piece
a very sophisticated piece of laboratory apparatus
PHRASES
the apparatus of government/(the) state
Concise dictionary
apparatuses‚æpə'reɪtəsnoun
+equipment designed to serve a specific function
+(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
