Purvey
[pə'veɪ]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
(v. t.) To procure; to get.
(v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
(v. i.) To pander; -- with to.
汉尼巴尔手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.
錄入:鲁道夫
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Provide, cater, provide_food,[See PROVIDE]
布赖恩特編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t to provide esp. with conveniences: to procure.—v.i. to provide: to buy in provisions for several persons: (with to) to pander.—ns. Purvey′ance the act of purveying: a procuring of victuals: that which is supplied: the former royal prerogative of pre-emption of necessaries; Purvey′or one who provides victuals: an officer who formerly exacted provisions for the use of the king's household: a procurer.
埃尔默編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Get thy wounds healed, purvey thee a better horse, and it may be I will hold it worth my while to scourge out of thee this boyish spirit of bravado. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- When information is purveyed in chunks simply as information to be retained for its own sake, it tends to stratify over vital experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
手打:凯西