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单词 patently
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pat•ent•ly /ˈpætəntli/USA pronunciation  adv. 
    1. clearly;
      obviously;
      openly;
      plainly:patently false remarks.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
patently /ˈpeɪtəntlɪ/ adv
  1. obviously
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pat•ent /ˈpætənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Law the right granted to an inventor to be the only manufacturer or seller of an invention for a specified number of years:[countable]She applied to the government for a patent.
  2. Clothingpatent leather.

adj. 
  1. Law protected by a patent;
    dealing with patents:[before a noun]patent law.
  2. easily open to notice;
    plain to see:a patent absurdity.
  3. Clothingmade of patent leather:patent shoes.

v. [+ object]
  1. Lawto obtain a patent on (an invention):to patent a new invention; to patent her software.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pat•ent  (patnt or, for 10, 12–15, pāt-; esp. Brit. pātnt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Lawmakingthe exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
  2. Lawmakingan invention or process protected by this right.
  3. Lawmakingan official document conferring such a right;
    letters patent.
  4. the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land.
  5. Clothingpatent leather.

adj. pa•tent  for 10, 12–15. 
  1. protected by a patent;
    patented:a patent cooling device.
  2. pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, esp. on inventions:a patent attorney; patent law.
  3. conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege.
  4. holding a patent, as a person.
  5. readily open to notice or observation;
    evident;
    obvious:a patent breach of good manners.
  6. Clothingmade of patent leather:patent shoes.
  7. lying open;
    not enclosed or shut in:a patent field.
  8. Botany[Chiefly Bot.]expanded or spreading.
  9. open, as a doorway or a passage.
  10. Phoneticsopen, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.

v.t. 
  1. to take out a patent on;
    obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
  2. to originate and establish as one's own.
  3. Metallurgyto heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
  4. to grant (public land) by a patent.
  • Latin patent- (stem of patēns) open, origin, originally present participle of patēre to stand wide open; (noun, nominal) Middle English, short for letters patent, translation of Medieval Latin litterae patentēs open letters
  • (adjective, adjectival) Middle English 1250–1300
patent•a•ble, adj. 
pat′ent•a•bili•ty, n. 
patent•a•bly, adv. 
patent•ly, adv. 
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clear, palpable, conspicuous, unconcealed. See apparent. 
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dim, obscure, hidden.

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