inventor

英 [ɪn'ventə] 美[ɪn'vɛntɚ]
  • n. 发明家;[专利] 发明人;创造者

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复数: inventors;

英英释意


1. someone who is the first to think of or make something

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.

考试真题


Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, once said "I've not failed."

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

He becomes an inventor and sells his inventions in order to attend the university.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his brainy dog gromit have started a company to protect the town's vegetables from hungry rabbits.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box.

2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


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。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句

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.

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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.

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The inventor is trying to market his new product.
发明者正想推销他的新产品.

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The machine is named after its inventor.
这台机器是以其发明者的名字命名的.

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The inventor had an original mind.
那个发明家具有创新的头脑.

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French artist and inventor of the daguerreotype process for obtaining positive photographic prints.
达盖尔,路易斯·雅克·曼德1789-1851法国艺术家和发明家,发明了银版摄影术,能洗出照片的正画来.

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The inventor of the daguerreotype is a French artist.
银版照相的发明者是位法国艺术家。

辞典例句

Right. He was an inventor at your age, you know.
“正确. 你知道他和你一样大时,就是发明家了. ”

英语晨读30分(初三)

The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.
这位发明家发明了一种具有较少运动部件的新型发动机.

辞典例句

People laughed at the inventor's extravagant praise of his invention.
人们讥笑那发明家对他的发明的过度夸耀.

辞典例句

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone.
亚·格·贝尔是电话的发明人.

辞典例句

The inventor went broke because nobody would buy his machine.
这位发明家破产了因为没人要买他的机器.

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Her son was filled with ambition to become a great inventor.
她儿子一心想成为伟大的发明家.

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