device

英 [dɪˈvaɪs]

美 [dɪˈvaɪs]

n.  装置; 仪器; 器具; 设备; 炸弹; 爆炸性武器; 爆炸装置; 手段; 策略; 方法; 技巧

复数：devices　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1825 / COCA.1507

同义词辨析

applianceapparatusdevicefacility【导航词义：器具，设备】

习惯用语

n.

leave sb to their own devices
• 听任某人自行其是；对某人不加干涉
  to leave sb alone to do as they wish, and not tell them what to do

牛津词典

noun

• 装置；仪器；器具；设备
  an object or a piece of equipment that has been designed to do a particular job
  1. a water-saving device
     节水装置
  2. electrical labour-saving devices around the home
     节省劳力的各种家用电器
• 炸弹；爆炸性武器；爆炸装置
  a bomb or weapon that will explode
  1. A powerful device exploded outside the station.
     一枚威力巨大的炸弹在车站外爆炸了。
  2. the world's first atomic device
     世界第一枚原子弹
• 手段；策略；方法；技巧
  a method of doing sth that produces a particular result or effect
  1. Sending advertising by email is very successful as a marketing device.
     作为一种营销手段，用电子邮件发送广告是非常成功的。
• 花招；计谋；诡计
  a plan or trick that is used to get sth that sb wants
  1. The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems.
     这份报告不是揭露问题而是为掩盖问题而耍的花招。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 装置;设备;器具;仪器
  Adeviceis an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
  1. ...an electronic device that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
     24小时保护车辆的电子装置
  2. ...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter...
     能够测量微量物质的设备
  3. We believe that an explosive device had been left inside a container.
     我们认为有一个爆炸装置被留在了一只集装箱里。
• N-COUNT 手段;策略;方法;技巧
  Adeviceis a method of achieving something.
  1. They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.
     他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
  2. ...the literary device of the metaphor.
     隐喻的文学手法
• PHRASE 听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管
  If youleavesomeonetotheirown devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.
  1. Left to his own devices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
     任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

英英释义

noun

• any clever maneuver
  1. he would stoop to any device to win a point
  2. it was a great sales gimmick
  3. a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen
  Synonym:gimmicktwist
• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  1. the device is small enough to wear on your wrist
  2. a device intended to conserve water
• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
  1. he was recognized by the device on his shield
• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

双语例句

• These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
  这些论据或许是用来作为一种修辞手段来论证联合国将发挥长久的作用。
• The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever
  该装置本身就在车子正下方，几乎与变速杆处于同一直线上。
• The device exploded underneath a van.
  该装置在一辆货车底下发生了爆炸。
• The camera has a built-in failsafe device which prevents it from working if the right signals aren't received.
  照相机有内置自动防故障装置，该装置确保相机在未接到正确信号时不会启动。
• France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days
  法国预计将在几天后引爆其首枚核装置。
• The new device can also cancel the check after the transaction is complete.
  交易完成后，这种新设备也能注销支票。
• The device is not designed to transmit to satellites.
  该设备不是为向卫星发送信号而设计的。
• This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
  这一装置有助于使虚拟现实成为更可用、更便利的技术。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.
  文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
• The device is fixed to a post.
  这个装置被固定在杆子上。