sup·ply /səˈplaɪ/
 補給,供給,供應品(vt.)補給,供給,提供,補充,代理(vi.)替代


 sup·ply /səˈplaɪ/ 及物動詞
 補給,電源,供給,分布,供應,補充,填補,供給量


 supply
 參考電源


 supply
 供應


 Sup·ply v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying ]
 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
 2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
    Burning ships the banished sun supply.   --Waller.
 The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
 His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.   --Dryden.
 3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
 4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
 Syn: -- To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.


 Sup·ply, n.; pl. Supplies
 1. The act of supplying; supplial.
 2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: --
 (a) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements. “My promised supply of horsemen.”
 (b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.
 (c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
 (d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
 Stated supply Eccl., a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.]
 Supply and demand. Polit. Econ. “Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.” --F. A. Walker.


 Sup·ply, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
 Supply system Zool., the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of Spongiae.

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 supply
      n 1: an amount of something available for use
      2: offering goods and services for sale [ant: demand]
      3: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision,
          supplying]
      v 1: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
           electrical heater" [syn: provide, render, furnish]
      2: circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform
         to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue]
         [ant: recall]
      3: provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food
         or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the
         guests" [syn: provide, ply, cater]
      4: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
         [syn: add, append]
      [also: supplied]