appliance /a'plaians; a'plaians/ n [C] instrument or apparatus: 工具; 器械; 器具; 用具： an ~ for rescuing sailors from a wrecked ship, eg a rope that can be fired from a gun; 拯救海上遇難船員之救生器具(如可自槍中射出之繩索); household ~s, eg a washing-machine, a food-mixer. 家庭器具(如洗衣機(jī)，食物拌合器等)。