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A well-stocked place has plenty of things in it, and a good variety of them. It is used most about places that hold supplies: a well-stocked fridge, a well-stocked kitchen, a well-stocked bar, a well-stocked shop, a well-stocked library, a well-stocked first-aid kit, a well-stocked pond (with fish put in it).
A well-stocked place has plenty of things in itWell-stocked 的地方裡有很多東西, and a good variety of them而且種類也很齊全。It is used most about places that hold supplies最常用在存放物資的地方: a well-stocked fridge, a well-stocked kitchen, a well-stocked bar, a well-stocked shop, a well-stocked library, a well-stocked first-aid kit, a well-stocked pond (with fish put in it)像 well-stocked fridge(貨源充足的冰箱)、廚房、酒吧、商店、圖書館、急救箱,還有放了魚的池塘。
Two ideas live in the word at once, and students usually catch only one. There is amount — a lot of it, you will not run out. And there is range — not just a lot of one thing, but a sensible spread of what you might need.
Two ideas live in the word at once這個詞裡同時住著兩個概念, and students usually catch only one學生通常只抓到其中一個。There is amount一個是數量 — a lot of it, you will not run out東西很多,不會用完。And there is range另一個是範圍、種類 — not just a lot of one thing不只是一種東西很多, but a sensible spread of what you might need而是把你可能需要的東西都合理地備齊。
Two hundred bottles of the same beer is not a well-stocked bar. Twenty different bottles is. If you only mean amount, 'full' is the word you want.
Two hundred bottles of the same beer is not a well-stocked bar兩百瓶同一款啤酒不算是 well-stocked 的酒吧。Twenty different bottles is二十種不同的酒才算。If you only mean amount如果你只是想講數量多, 'full' is the word you wantFull 才是你要的詞。
There is also a quiet feeling of readiness in it. A well-stocked is one where you could cook dinner tonight without going out; a well-stocked shop is one where you can trust that what you came for will be on the shelf. That is why it turns up so often in travel writing and rental listings — the flat comes with a well-stocked kitchen — and in advice about typhoons or storms: keep a well-stocked .
There is also a quiet feeling of readiness in it這個詞裡還帶著一種安心、準備好了的感覺。A well-stocked cupboard is one where you could cook dinner tonight without going outWell-stocked 的櫥櫃是那種你今晚不用出門也能煮飯的櫥櫃; a well-stocked shop is one where you can trust that what you came for will be on the shelfWell-stocked 的商店是那種你可以放心,你要找的東西一定在架上的商店。That is why it turns up so often in travel writing and rental listings這就是為什麼它常常出現在旅遊文章和租屋廣告裡 — the flat comes with a well-stocked kitchen像「這間公寓附有一個貨源充足的廚房」— and in advice about typhoons or storms也出現在颱風或暴風雨的準備建議裡: keep a well-stocked pantry像「儲藏室要備貨齊全」。
Ordinary, friendly English, common in speech and writing alike, and always positive.
Ordinary, friendly English普通、友善的英文, common in speech and writing alike口說和寫作裡都常見, and always positive而且永遠是正面的意思。
組成well ('amply, plentifully') + stocked. 'Stock' first meant a tree trunk or a solid block, and from there it drifted to mean a store or supply that you keep on hand — the goods in a shop, the animals on a farm (livestock), the money that a company is built on. 'To stock' a place is to fill it with that supply; 'well-stocked' means the filling has been done generously.
同家族的字
- stockthe base word — the supply itself, as in 'we're out of stock'
- livestockthe same 'stock' meaning a farmer's kept supply, here the living kind: cattle, pigs, sheep
- stockpilesame 'stock' plus 'pile' — a large store built up and kept for a future emergency
- restock're-' (again) + stock — to fill the shelves back up after things have sold
原始詞典資料1 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。
well-stockedadj
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Having an ample amount of something, such as food, goods, or wares.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。