patent
noun
uk/ˈpeɪ.tənt/us/ˈpæt.ənt/patentnoun(LEGAL RIGHT)
[C]
theofficiallegalrightto make orsellaninventionfor aparticularnumberofyears:
专利权In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell wasgranteda patentonanapparatusforsignallingandcommunicatingcalled a Photophone.亚历山大‧格雷厄姆‧贝尔发明了一个可用来发送和传输讯号,称为「光线电话」的装置,并于1880年获授了此装置的专利权。
Thecompanytook out/fileda patentonageneticallyengineeredtomato.该公司取得/申请了一项转基因西红柿的专利权。
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- committal
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- power of attorney
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
patentnoun(LEATHER)
[U]
→patent leather
(见patent leather)Tanning & leather
- buckskin
- calfskin
- chamois
- cowhide
- dubbin
- goatskin
- hide
- kid
- leather
- leatherette
- nappa
- nubuck
- patent leather
- pigskin
- suede
- tan
- tanner
- tannery
- tooled
patent
verb[T]
uk/ˈpeɪ.tənt/us/ˈpæt.ənt/to get theofficiallegalrightto make orsellaninvention:
申请专利If you don't patentyourinvention, otherpeoplemay make all theprofitout of it.如果你不为你的发明申请专利权,其他人就会从中渔利。
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- committal
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- power of attorney
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
patent
adjective
uk/ˈpeɪ.tənt//ˈpæt.ənt/us/ˈpæt.ənt//ˈpeɪ.tənt/patentadjective(OBVIOUS)
[before noun]formalusuk/ˈpeɪ.tənt/
veryobvious:
显然的,显而易见的a patentlie昭然若揭的谎言
a patentdisregardof thelaw对法律的公然漠视
"No," hereplied, with patentdistaste.“不,”他带着明显的厌恶回答道。
Apparent and obvious
- (from) underyournoseidiom
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose onyourfaceidiom
- be (right) underyournoseidiom
- be etchedsomewhereidiom
- be writ largeidiom
- foregone conclusion
- glaring
- glaringly
- I need hardlydo somethingidiom
- in plain sightidiom
- obtrude
- overt
- overtly
- palpable
- palpably
- parallax
- squeaky
- stand/stick out a mileidiom
- writ
patentadjective(LEGAL RIGHT)
[before noun]uk/ˈpeɪ.tənt/us/ˈpæt.ənt/
A patentinventionisprotectedbylawso that onlyparticularpeopleorcompanieshave therightto make orsellit:
专利权a patentscrewdriver获专利的螺丝刀
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- committal
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- power of attorney
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide