n. 家具, 帆具
◆记忆方法一：
谐音：房内缺 房内缺家具。
◆记忆方法二：
谐音：房内缺 房内缺家具。
◆记忆方法三：
furniture n. 家具
解析：搭配：a piece of furniture = an article of furniture
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furniture的可数性及用法问题
furniture的可数性及用法问题
1. furniture属表总称的物质名词（也有的书称之为集合名词），没有复数形式，也不能与不定冠词连用，含义上永远是单数。如：
She furnished the apartment with modern furniture. 她给那套公寓装配了现代家具。
Many things, such as toys, furniture, and computers, are made of plastic. 许多东西如玩具、家具和电脑都是塑料做的。
即使其前受到all, some等的修饰，也不能用复数。如：
I’ve just bought some new furniture. 我刚买了一些新家具。
All the furniture was covered with dust. 所有家具都落满了灰尘。
2. 若要表示“量”，可用much, little, a little, a lot of, lots of等修饰，但不能用many, few, a few等修饰。如：
tool/instrument/equipment/furniture/furnish/decorate/decoration
记忆：
1. tool [ tu:l ] n. 工具, 用具 The hammer is a useful tool at home. 锤子是家庭常用工具。
2. instrument [ 5instrumEnt ] n. 工具, 手段, 器械, 器具 He can play several musical instruments. 他会演奏几种乐器。
3. equipment [ i5kwipmEnt] n. 装备, 设备, 器材, 装置 The factory has introduced some advanced equipment. 工厂引进了一些先进的设备。
4. equip [ i5kwip ] vt. 装备, 配备 Our classroom is equipped with a computer system. 我们教室装配有电脑系统。
5. furniture [ 5fE:nitFE ] n. 家具, 设备 There is little furniture in the professor’s house.教授的家里没有什么家具。
6. furnish [ 5fE:niF ] vt. 供应, 提供, 装备 The house was poorly furnished. 房子装备很差。
7. decorate [ 5dekEreit] vt. 装饰, 为. . . 做室内装修 Many people spend a large sum of money decorating their rooms. 很多人花了大量的钱来装修房间。
8. decoration [ 7dekE5reiFEn ] n. 装饰, 装修 I like the decoration of your room. 我喜欢你房间的装饰风格。
另类阅读：
The company is so poorly furnished that it has little equipment in the office: only a few writing tools such as pens and some tea instruments. Even the desk is out of some of the founder’s furniture
I bought a new piece of white furniture to add beauty to my room.
我买了一套白色的家具以使我的房间更加美观。
Fine furniture graced the room.
精美的家具美化了房间。
Dust coated the furniture in my basement.
我家地下室的家具盖满了灰尘。
The furniture is made of plywood covered in teak veneer.
这家具是用贴柚木薄片的合板做成的。
This old Chinese square table is a very valuable piece of furniture.
这张旧的中国八仙桌是一件很珍贵的家具。
