| 单词 | inventor |
| 释义 | inventor noun[C] uk/ɪnˈven.tər/us/ɪnˈven.t̬ɚ/B2 someone who hasinventedsomething or whosejobis toinventthings 发明家；创造者Inventing, designing and innovation
inventor| American Dictionaryinventor noun[C] us/ɪnˈven·tər/someone whodesignsorcreatessomething that did notexistbefore: AlfredNobelwas the inventor ofdynamite. inventor| Business Englishinventor noun[C] uk/ɪnˈventər/ussomeone who hasinventedsomething, or whosejobis toinventthings: the inventor of sthThomas Edison was the inventor of theelectriclightbulb. Examplesofinventorinventor Theinventormay compare his or her invention to others, historically or contemporaneously, in explicit public statements. From theCambridge English Corpus The adventurous have historically been early adopters, adapters and inventors. From theCambridge English Corpus Many steps pave this road, some are known and recognised, others were necessary failures that permitted inventors to re-focus and realise their thoughts. From theCambridge English Corpus A great deal of normal human education consists of learning aninventory of indices, both natural and man-made; we learn what goes with what. From theCambridge English Corpus A difference of status is articulated between the expertise of theinventorand that of the machinist. From theCambridge English Corpus Some inventors attempted to improve the glass harmonica directly by incorporating a keyboard to mediate between the performer and the glasses. From theCambridge English Corpus Fantasies about the harmonica inspired inventors to attempt, in very real ways, to create new and better instruments. From theCambridge English Corpus Like professional inventors, he was extremely conscious of priority. From theCambridge English Corpus This, in turn, serves only to intensify the predisposition of theinventorto direct his attention to these areas of research and application. From theCambridge English Corpus The uses of innovations are also often more diverse, or even divergent, compared to the idea of theinventor. From theCambridge English Corpus Female inventors were quite rare during the 200 years addressed by our original study (1617-1816). From theCambridge English Corpus The self-professedinventorof the neighbourhood unit remains an important, though shadowy and under-documented figure. From theCambridge English Corpus There is also the distinct possibility that he positively enjoyed inventing things, as did so many of the professional inventors who were his contemporaries. From theCambridge English Corpus The technology was, in fact, mainly borrowed from foreign patent holders and inventors. From theCambridge English Corpus The examiner often suggests revisions in the patent, such as removing some of the claims that have been anticipated by the patents of other inventors. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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