| 单词 | discover |
| 释义 | discover (once / 30 pages) v If you discover something, you find it unexpectedly, like when you discover your favorite childhood stuffed animal in a box of old junk. When you discover something, it can be by surprise or the result of a search. You might discover the fact that your dad used to travel with the circus as a trapeze artist or discover a band none of your friends ever heard of. Scientists often discover new substances, stars, or organisms. The Latin root discooperire, "uncover," combines the prefix dis-, or "opposite of," with cooperire, "to cover up." WORD FAMILYdiscover: discoverable, discovered, discoverer, discovering, discovers, discovery, rediscover+/discoverable: discoverably, undiscoverable/discovered: undiscovered/discoverer: co-discoverer, discoverers/discovery: discoveries, self-discovery/rediscover: rediscovered, rediscovering, rediscovers, rediscovery/rediscovery: rediscoveries/undiscoverable: undiscoverably/undiscovered: undiscoveredly USAGE EXAMPLESFrench police discovered the charred remains of 14 victims — arranged in a star formation — in a forest clearing near the Alpine city of Grenoble. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) He said the heart problem was discovered during a routine medical checkup. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Connecticut Democrat pointed to recently discovered malware at a Vermont utility as further evidence the nation needs to toughen its cybersecurity. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of Syn|Hypo|Hyper detect, find, notice, observe find make a discovery, make a new finding catch out, find out trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act sensedetect some circumstance or entity automatically instantiatefind an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) tracediscover traces of seeobserve as if with an eye sight, spy catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes 2v see for the first time; make a discovery Who discovered the North Pole? Hypo rediscover discover again 3v make a discovery, make a new finding Roentgen discovered X-rays Syn|Hyper find find make a discovery ascertain, determine, find, find outestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study detect, find, notice, observediscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate have the idea for 4v make a discovery The story is false, so far as I can discover Syn|Hypo|Hyper find find make a discovery, make a new finding rake up bring to light ferret, ferret outsearch and discover through persistent investigation find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally 5v get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally Syn|Hypo find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see find, see, witness perceive or be contemporaneous with get the goods discover some bad or hidden information about wise upget wise to catch, trip updetect a blunder or misstep ascertainlearn or discover with certainty findmake a discovery rake upbring to light priceascertain or learn the price of ferret, ferret outsearch and discover through persistent investigation 6v find unexpectedly Syn|Hyper attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike find, regain come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost 7v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap break, get around, get out be released or become known; of news blackwash bring (information) out of concealment muckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures blowcause to be revealed and jeopardized outreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle come out, come out of the closet, outto state openly and publicly one's homosexuality springproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly betray, bewrayreveal unintentionally confidereveal in private; tell confidentially leaktell anonymously babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattledivulge confidential information or secrets revealdisclose directly or through prophets relieve, unbosomrelieve oneself of troubling information tell let something be known 8v identify as in botany or biology, for example Syn describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
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