[with obj.]provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings 为(房子,房间)配备家具和家用设施 the proprietor has furnished the bedrooms in a variety of styles. 这位业主已经为几间卧室配备了不同风格的家具。 ■(furnish someone with)supply someone with (something); give (something) to someone 为某人提供(某物);将(某物)供应给某人 she was able to furnish me with details of the incident. 她设法向我提供了有关这次事件的详细资料。 ■be a source of; provide 是…的来源;供应 fish furnish an important source of protein. 鱼是蛋白质的重要来源。
语源
late Middle English (in the general sense 'provide or equip with what is necessary or desirable'): from Old French furniss-, lengthened stem of furnir, ultimately of West Germanic origin