• n. 裝備；鉆探設備；服裝；[船] 帆裝
• vt. 操縱；裝配；裝扮；裝上索具

可能來自北歐某語言，最終來自 PIE*reig,綁定，來自 PIE*reg,拉直，管理，詞源同 rack,regulate. 引申詞義帆，索具，后引申動詞義操縱，控制等。

rig (v.)

late 15c., originally nautical, "to fit with sails," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish, Norwegian rigge "to equip," Swedish rigga "to rig, harness"), though these may be from English; perhaps ultimately from PIE *reig- "to bind." Slang meaning "to pre-arrange or tamper with results" is attested from 1938, perhaps a different word, from rig (n.) "a trick, swindle, scheme" (1775), earlier "sport, banter, ridicule" (1725), of unknown origin. Also there is rig (v.) "ransack" from 1560s, likewise of unknown origin. Related: Rigged; rigging.

rig (n.)

"distinctive arrangement of sails, masts, etc. on a ship," 1822, from rig (v.). Extended to costume, clothing outfit (1843); horse-drawn vehicle (1831), which led to sense of "truck, bus, etc." (1851); and apparatus for well-sinking (1875).

1. Where are you going in that rig-out?

你穿著那身打扮要去哪里？

來自《權威詞典》

2. The severe conditions hampered attempts to pull the vessel free of the rig.

惡劣的天氣情況使得把那艘船拉離鉆塔的努力很難奏效。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They had not found any evidence of a systematic attempt to rig the ballot.

他們沒有發現任何證據證明有人企圖全面操縱投票。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Five oilmen were injured when a gas explosion shook a North Sea oil rig yesterday.

北海的一處石油鉆塔昨天發生了瓦斯爆炸，5名石油工人受傷。

來自柯林斯例句

5. It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.

在進入一個很深的巖洞之前,光是裝配繩梯和建立供應基地就需要八天之久. (makeadescent下降)

來自《用法詞典》