English Dictionary

apparatus

IPA（発音記号）

/æp.əˈɹeɪ.təs/

名詞

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. / A complex machine or instrument. / An assortment of tools and instruments.

日本語の意味

特定の生産や作業を実現するための手段全体 / 複雑な機械や装置 / 多種多様な道具や計器の集合

The research team designed a new apparatus to streamline the chemical synthesis process.

研究チームは化学合成プロセスを合理化するための新しい仕組みを設計した。

意味（1）

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

Many jihadist plots have been foiled and the security apparatus is getting better, overall, at pre-empting those who would do us ill. But, they say, the nature of the threat and the terrorists’ increasing use of low-tech, asymmetrical tactics such as hire vehicles and knives, make it all but impossible to stop every assault.

意味（2）

A complex machine or instrument.

意味（3）

An assortment of tools and instruments.

We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea.

意味（4）

A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

意味（5）

(firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.

意味（6）

(gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

意味（7）

(video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”

apparatuses （ plural ）

apparatusses （ plural ）

apparatus （ plural ）

apparatûs （ plural rare ）

apparati （ hypercorrect plural ）