/ˈpætənt/
- a government authority or licence to an individual or organization conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell some invention专利（权）; 专利证：
he took out a patent for an improved steam hammer.
他获得了一项汽锤改良专利。
ORIGIN: compare with LETTERS PATENT.
1
- /ˈpeɪtənt/ easily recognizable; obvious容易辨认的; 明白的, 显然的：
she was smiling with patent insincerity.
她的微笑带有明显的伪善。
2
- Medicine /ˈpætənt/ (of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close【医】（脉管、导管或孔）开放的, 不闭合的。
2.1
- (of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or faeces（寄生虫感染）明显的, 显著的。
3
- attrib. made and marketed under a patent; proprietary特许生产销售的; 专利的：
patent milk powder.
专利奶粉。
/ˈpætənt/
with obj.
- obtain a patent for (an invention)获得（发明的）专利（权）：
an invention is not your own until it is patented.
一项发明直到获得专利权后它才是属于你自己的。
派生词
patentable
adjectivepatently
/ˈpeɪtəntlɪ/ adverb （限形容词义项1）词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- 'lying open', from the verb patere.