(pl. -ies)
1- a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.存货清单; 存货盘存（报表）; 财产目录; 建筑物内部部件清单。
1.1
- a quantity of goods held in stock存货, 库存：
in our warehouse you'll find a large inventory of new and used bicycles.
在我们的仓库里你会发现大量的新旧自行车存货。
1.2
- (in accounting) the entire stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress, and finished product.（会计学）财产目录, 财产清单, 财产清册。
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
1- make a complete list of为…开列清单。
1.1
- enter in a list列入清单：
about forty possible sites were inventoried.
约40个可能地点被列入了清单。
词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally a list of what is found， from Latin invenire 'come upon'.