de.vice
device的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [diˈvais]
KK音标发音: [dɪˈvaɪs]
device的词性:
n.(名词)
1. A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
设计:为特定的目的而做出的设计或发明,尤指用于完成某个或几个简单的相关的任务的机器
2. A technique or means.
技术,方法
3. A plan or scheme, especially a malign one.
诡计:一个计划或方案,尤指恶意的(计划或方案)
4. A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.
拟人:文学上的一种修辞方法,如比拟或似人法,用以达到某种特别的效果
5. A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery.See Synonyms at figure
图案:某种装饰性的设计画像或图案,如刺绣品上使用的一种(装饰或图案等)参见 figure
6. A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry.
题铭:雕刻的符号或题词,尤指用在纹章图案中
7. Archaic The act, state, or power of devising.
【古语】 设计:设计…的行为、状态或能力
8. To allow to do as one pleases:
听任某人自行其事:允许某人按自己的意愿做事:
left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.
允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间
device的词源:
9. Middle English
中古英语
10. from Old French devis [division, wish]
源自 古法语 devis [隔离,希望]
11. Old French devise [design]
古法语 devise [设计]
12. both from Latin dov&9{osus, dovosa} [past participle of] dovidere [to divide, separate]
都源自 拉丁语 dov&9{osus, dovosa} [] dovidere的过去分词 [分开,隔离]