supplies

英 [səˈplaɪz]

美 [səˈplaɪz]

n.  供应量; 供给量; 储备; (军队或探险队等的)补给，补给品; 供应; 供给; 提供; 补给
v.  (尤指大量)供应，供给，提供
supply的第三人称单数和复数

化学

柯林斯词典

• VERB 供给;供应;提供
  If yousupplysomeone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it.
  1. ...an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons.
     不生产或供应化学武器的协议
  2. ...a pipeline which will supply the major Greek cities with Russian natural gas.
     从俄罗斯向希腊主要城市输送天然气的管道
  3. ...the blood vessels supplying oxygen to the brain.
     向脑部供氧的血管
• N-PLURAL (尤指大量的)补给，补给品，日用物资
  You can usesuppliesto refer to food, equipment, and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities.
  1. What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?...
     如果食物和汽油供应减少，会出现什么情况呢？
  2. The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.
     这个国家仅有的补给品是用卡车从越南进口来的。
• N-VAR 供应量;供给量;储备
  Asupply ofsomething is an amount of it which someone has or which is available for them to use.
  1. The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen...
     大脑需要持续供氧。
  2. Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.
     现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。
• N-UNCOUNT (商品、服务的)供应量，供给量
  Supplyis the quantity of goods and services that can be made available for people to buy.
  1. Prices change according to supply and demand.
     价格受供求关系的影响。
• VERB 补充;填充
  If yousupplya missing word or piece of information, for example in a puzzle, you say or write it because you know it.
  1. Supply the missing word(s) and you could win a T-shirt.
     填出所缺少的单词，你就会赢得一件T恤。
• PHRASE 供应不足
  If something isin short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
  1. Food is in short supply all over the country...
     全国普遍食品供应不足。
  2. Nowadays that sort of innocence is in short supply.
     现在那种天真烂漫很少见。

双语例句

• A shipload of supplies arrived in Havana, Cuba, last night.
  昨晚一船补给用品送达了古巴哈瓦那。
• Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water
  袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。
• Only half of the emergency supplies have reached their destination.
  仅有一半的紧急救援物资运抵了目的地。
• A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies
  泄漏的煤油污染了水源。
• Lack of food and supplies caused disaffection among the soldiers.
  食物和补给的不足造成士兵的不满。
• In office supplies, we're the brand leader.
  我们的产品是办公用品的领导品牌。
• They began to lay in extensive stores of food supplies.
  他们开始储备大量食物。
• Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.
  现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。
• The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is hurting many industries
  炎热的天气和供水的减少正危及很多行业。
• Water supplies and other public utilities were badly affected.
  供水以及其他公用事业受到了严重影响。