2N-PLURAL [oft n NOUN](尤指大量的)补给,补给品,日用物资 You can use supplies to refer to food, equipment, and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities. (尤指大量的)补给,补给品,日用物资
What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?.
如果食物和汽油供应减少,会出现什么情况呢?
The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.
这个国家仅有的补给品是用卡车从越南进口来的。
3N-VAR [n NOUN]供应量;供给量;储备 A supply of something is an amount of it which someone has or which is available for them to use. 供应量;供给量;储备
The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen. [+ of]
大脑需要持续供氧。
Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.