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inventor

英 [ɪn'ventə] 美 [ɪn'vɛntɚ]

解释

n. 发明家；[专利] 发明人；创造者

※ 提供单词"inventor"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

inventor (n.): c. 1500, "a discoverer," from Latin inventor (fem. inventrix) "contriver, author, discoverer," agent noun from past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Meaning "one who contrives or produces a new thing or process" is from 1550s.

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例句和用法

1. The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business.: 专利使用费让这位发明家得以再次立足于商界。

2. He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.: 他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。

3. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.: 我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。

4. Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.: 爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.

5. The Nobel Medal bears the image of the great Swedish inventor.: 诺贝尔奖章上有这位瑞典的伟大发明家的像.