英语词汇“device”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

de·vice

(dĭ-vīs)

1. An object designed and manufactured to perform one or more functions.

2. A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.

a. A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery. See Synonyms at figure.

b. A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry.

4. A plan or scheme for accomplishing something: "Now Lydgate might have called at the warehouse, or might have written a message on a leaf of his pocket-book and left it at the door. Yet these simple devices apparently did not occur to him" (George Eliot).

Idiom:

leave to (one's) own devices

1. To allow (someone) to do as he or she pleases: left the child to her own devices for an hour.

2. To force (someone) to cope or manage without assistance: Most people would die in the desert if left to their own devices.

[Middle English, from Old French devis, division, wish, and Old French devise, design, both from Latin dīvīsus, dīvīsa, past participle of dīvidere, to divide, separate; see DIVIDE.]

单词	device
释义	de·vice (dĭ-vīs) n. 1. An object designed and manufactured to perform one or more functions. 2. A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect. 3. a. A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery. See Synonyms at figure. b. A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry. 4. A plan or scheme for accomplishing something: "Now Lydgate might have called at the warehouse, or might have written a message on a leaf of his pocket-book and left it at the door. Yet these simple devices apparently did not occur to him" (George Eliot). *Idiom:* *leave to (one's) own devices* 1. To allow (someone) to do as he or she pleases: left the child to her own devices for an hour. 2. To force (someone) to cope or manage without assistance: Most people would die in the desert if left to their own devices. [Middle English, from Old French devis, division, wish, and Old French devise, design, both from Latin dīvīsus, dīvīsa, past participle of dīvidere, to divide, separate; see DIVIDE.]
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