| 释义 |
de·vice /dɪˈvaɪs/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 装置；设备；器具，器械，仪器；机件
a measuring device 测量仪器
a device for sharpening old razor blades 磨剃刀刀片器
I have fitted a device to my car which opens the garage doors automatically. 我在车上装了一个能自动开启车库门的装置。
2. 手段；策略；诡计
By a subtle device, the thief gained access to the vault. 贼用巧妙的手段潜进了金库。
3. 精心设计(或设计奇异)的东西(如小饰物等)
4. (文学、艺术等的)手法，技巧
Repetition is a common rhetorical device. 重复是种常见的修辞手法。
5. (装饰性的)图形，图案
6. 纹章图案；商标图案
7. 题铭；标记
8. 〈古〉设计，发明；设计(或发明)才能
9. 〈古〉构造；样式
things of rare device 构造(或样式)罕见的东西
10. 〈古〉假面剧；壮观
11. [devices] 〈废〉意愿
[OFr: division, intention < deviser; 见 DEVISE]
phr. leave to one's own devices 听任…自便；让…自行发展 The teacher left us to our own devices in choosing the books for our reports. 老师让我们自行选择写读书报告用的读物。Lentils, left to their own devices, are a trifle monotonous in flavour. 不加调料的话，小扁豆的味道有点单调。 |