核心畫面

Picture handing someone everything they will need before they set off: the boots, the map, the torch. The word is about the moment of fitting someone out beforehand — and English uses exactly the same move for skills, as if knowledge were kit you hand over.

可以想成:出發前把該帶的東西一件件交到對方手上——靴子、地圖、手電筒。這個字講的是「事先把需要的東西配齊」那個動作。更多收起可以想成:出發前把該帶的東西一件件交到對方手上——靴子、地圖、手電筒。這個字講的是「事先把需要的東西配齊」那個動作。有趣的是,英文把技能和知識也當成裝備來交付:教會一個人本事,用的是同一個字。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

equipverb/ɪˈkwɪp/

  • 1

    To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).

    • 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
    • A semicircular plate, with the numbers in multiples of five up to thirty miles an hour, is equipped with a pointer, which indicates accurately the speed of the car.
  • 2

    To dress up; to array; to clothe.

    • The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode.
  • 3

    To prepare (someone) with a skill.

    • I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.
    • it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted
  • 4

    gamesgamingTo equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.

    • Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.

equipnoun/ɪˈkwɪp/

  • 1

    slanggamesgamingEquipment (carried by a game character).

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。