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furniture 后缀ure我们最常见的作用就是构成表示行为的抽象名词
objects that can be moved, such as tables, chairs and beds, that are put into a house or an office to make it suitable for living or working in
n. 家具；设备；储藏物

furnish
to put furniture in a house, room, etc:
~ sb/sth with sth
~ sth (formal) to supply or provide sb/sth with sth; to supply sth to
vt.(用家具等)陈设,布置(房间、公寓等)；装备,配备,提供(必需品)

例句：
The house is well furnished.
这间房屋内布置得很好。

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To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing.
在创作的时候，作者会给文章加上个限制，他最后会给出一个象征意义来结束写作。

furnishing bedding n. 寝具 casing n. 套；盒；（香肠的）肠衣；包装
furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room.
articles or accessories of dress: men's furnishings.
that with which anything is furnished.
n. 供给；装备；服饰；家具

veneer f-v u-e r-n
a thin layer of wood or plastic that is glued to the surface of cheaper wood, especially on a piece of furniture
(formal) an outer appearance of a particular quality that hides the true nature of sb/sth:
~ sth (with / in sth) to cover the surface of sth with a veneer of wood, etc.
A deceptive, superficial show; a façade
To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.
n. 外表；虚饰；饰面；胶合板的一层；薄木片
vt. 胶合；虚饰；给…镶以饰片

例句：
For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她温文尔雅的外表第一次露出破绽。
He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.
他设法装出有点知识的外表，用来掩饰自己的无知。

vixen
It was formed using the suffix -en, denoting ‘female’
（还可表示小，例如chicken 小鸡；最常用到的是动词后缀lengthen，worsen)
A female fox
A woman regarded as quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious
n. 雌狐；泼妇，刁妇；唠叨的女人；坏心眼的女人

fox
To baffle or confuse
wild mammal belonging to the dog family which has a pointed face and ears, a wide furry tail and often reddish-brown fur
often disapproving) a person who is clever and able to get what they want by influencing or tricking other people
vt. 欺骗；使困惑或迷惑
n. 狐狸；狡猾的人
vi. 假装；耍狡猾手段

短语:
crazy like (或as) a fox [口语]十分精明，非常狡猾
fox in a lamb's skin 披着羊皮的狐狸；口蜜腹剑的人
old fox 老奸巨猾的家伙
play (the) fox 行为狡猾；假装
set a (或 the) fox to keep one's (或 the) geese 引狼入室

例句：
He foxed his pursuers by taking another route.
他走了另一条路，骗过了追捕他的人。
"Is he really ill?”“No, he's just foxing.”
“他真的病了吗?”“没有，他只是在装病。”