Premier Gardens is one of a half-dozen subdivisions in California where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low-power appliances and solar panels.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
N-COUNT
（家用）電器，器械，裝置
An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
例句
He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.他可以再學(xué)學(xué)使用吸塵器、洗衣機(jī)和其他家用電器。...Maytag, one of America's biggest domestic appliance manufacturers.美泰克公司，美國最大的家電制造商之一
N-SING
（技術(shù)或知識的）使用，應(yīng)用
The appliance of a skill or of knowledge is its use for a particular purpose.
例句
These advances were the result of the intellectual appliance of science.這些進(jìn)步是巧妙應(yīng)用科學(xué)的結(jié)果。