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appurtenances

/uh-pur-tn-uhns/US // əˈpɜr tn əns //UK // (əˈpɜːtɪnəns) //

附属设施,附属物,附属设备,附属品

Related Words

apparatus器械,器官,仪器,器具annex附件,吞并,吞噬,吞并案addition增加,补充,加法,增加了component组成部分,组件,构成部分,组成appendix附录,阑尾,阑珊,阑尾炎attachment附件,附属物,附图,附文appendage附属物,附肢,附属品,附属肢体

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.
    • : Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.
    • : ap·pur·te·nan·ces, apparatus; instruments.
    • : belonging, possession, relationship, or origin, or an affix that expresses this: The -i in Israeli is a suffix of appurtenance. The ethnic appurtenance of job applicants is private information.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounaccessory
Synonyms
addition增加,补充,加法,增加了annex附件,吞并,吞噬,吞并案apparatus器械,器官,仪器,器具appendage附属物,附肢,附属品,附属肢体appendix附录,阑尾,阑珊,阑尾炎attachment附件,附属物,附图,附文component组成部分,组件,构成部分,组成

Examples

  • Appurtenance, ap-pur′ten-ans, n. that which appertains to: an appendage or accessory: (law) a right belonging to a property.

  • The Zulus hold that a dead body can cast no shadow, because that appurtenance departed from it at the close of life.

  • Pale sunlight flooded the square, white room where, in all its dignified complexity of appurtenance, the simple meal was laid out.

  • Curious wooden slat dance appurtenance made to represent lightning and its motions.

  • The two had a simultaneous birth, but it was an appurtenance of the latter that marked the distinction and gave the names.

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