device
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈvaɪs/us/dɪˈvaɪs/devicenoun[C](MACHINE)
B2
anobjectormachinethat has beeninventedfor aparticularpurpose:
装置,器械acontraceptive/electronicdevice避孕器具/电子装置
Rescuers used aspecialdeviceforfindingpeopletrappedincollapsedbuildings.救援者使用特殊器械来寻找被困在倒塌建筑物下面的人。
Synonyms
appliance
contraption
gadget
gizmoinformal
widget
amachine, forexampleaphoneorcomputer, that can be used toconnectto theinternet:
You canstreammusiconyourtabletor othermobiledevice.
- Thelisteningdevice wasconcealedin apen.
- The president'scarisequippedwith ahomingdevice as asecuritymeasure.
- It's anartificialdevice thatstimulatestheauditoryareasof thebrain.
- We have a device thatswitchesthelightson at apresettimein theevening.
- Amouseis a device that makes iteasiertoselectdifferentoptionsfromcomputermenus.
Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- animatronic
- automated
- automation
- backhoe
- chuck
- coffee machine
- convenience
- crankshaft
- flywheel
- Heath Robinson
- hoist
- mill
- shredder
- supersensitivity
- tabulator
- teleprompter
- telerobotics
- touchless
- water cooler
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Tools in general
Computer hardware
Communications - telephone equipment
devicenoun[C](METHOD)
amethodthat is used toproduceaparticulareffect:
(以期达到某种特定效果的)方法,手段aliterary/rhetoricaldevice文学/修辞手法
Atrademarkcan be apowerfulmarketingdevice.商标可以是一种强有力的营销手段。
[+ to infinitive]Hercoolmanneris just a devicetoavoidhaving totalktopeople.她冷漠的表现只是避免与人交谈的一种手段。
Ways of achieving things
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- bases
- basis
- fair
- formula
- media
- method
- methodological
- methodologically
- methodology
- strategy
- styleless
- stylistic
- stylistically
- technique
- thus
- vehicle
devicenoun[C](BOMB)
abombor otherexplosive:
炸弹;爆炸装置anexplosive/incendiary/nucleardevice爆炸装置/燃烧弹/核爆炸装置
Bombs & missiles
- anti-mine
- anti-missile
- anti-radar
- anti-satellite
- anti-ship
- enrich
- enrichment
- Exocet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- Molotov cocktail
- mortar
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- smoke bomb
- suicide belt
- suicide vest
- superbomb
- surface-to-air missile