inventor
英 [?n'vent?]
美 [?n'v?nt?]
- n. 發(fā)明家；[專利] 發(fā)明人；創(chuàng)造者
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business.
- 專利使用費讓這位發(fā)明家得以再次立足于商界。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
- 他因發(fā)明了神奇的視聽效果而出名。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
- 我年輕時的抱負是成為一個發(fā)明家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.
- 愛迪生很年輕的時候就獲得了發(fā)明家的聲譽.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The Nobel Medal bears the image of the great Swedish inventor.
- 諾貝爾獎章上有這位瑞典的偉大發(fā)明家的像.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》