One man was told to fix up an air-line to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.
有个工人被派去安装"供气管"，给他们正在使用的机器提供压缩空气。
高三英语课文 Unit 18 Office Equipment

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

provide [prə'vaɪd] 词频1 词根: vid
vt.& vi. 提供，供给，供应; vt. 规定;提供(+for);装备;预备; vi. 抚养，赡养(+for);做准备;预约(for 或 against);
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"We flatter ourselves that we provide the best service in town."
我们相信我们提供的服务在本市最好.
近义：minister, procure, provision, purvey, stock, supply
line [laɪn] 词频1 词根: /lə/
n. 线条;排;行列;界线; vt. 排队;用线标出;沿…排列成行;给…安衬里; vi. 形成一层;排队;击出平直球;
"workers on the assembly line"
装配线上的工人
近义：overlay, recap, resurface, clad, coat, cover
told [tel] 词频1
v. 表明( tell的过去式和过去分词 );讲;知道;讲述;
"In a weak moment, I told him the truth."
我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.
compressed [kəm'prest] 词频5
adj. 压缩的;<生>扁长形的; v. 压紧，压缩( compress的过去式和过去分词 );精简;
"Her lips compressed into a thin line."
她的双唇抿成了一道缝。
using
[计] 使用
近义：utilizing

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

We can stop here on the right beyond the tree. Let's make our camp here.
我们可以在右边的树下停车。我们就在这里露营吧。
Something may have happened to her.
她可能发生意外了。
Thus one simple fact, a change in the number of bison, had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
因此，出现了这样一个简单的事实--野牛数目换的变化对平原的整个野生生物链都产生了影响。
After speaking for about half an hour he came to a sad part of the family history.
大约谈了半个小时之后，他谈到了家族史中的一件伤心事。
The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
安装供气管的那位工人也被提问。
Some types of birds cannot fly.
有些种类的鸟不会飞。