| 单词 | patent |
| 释义 | patent n., adj., & v. --n 1. a government authority to an individual or organization conferring a right or title, esp. the sole right to make or use or sell some invention. 2. a document granting this authority. 3. an invention or process protected by it. --adj 1. obvious, plain. 2. conferred or protected by patent. 3. a made and marketed under a patent; proprietary. b to which one has a proprietary claim. 4. such as might be patented; ingenious, well-contrived. 5. (of an opening etc.) allowing free passage. --vtr. obtain a patent for (an invention). Phrases and idioms letters patent an open document from a sovereign or government conferring a patent or other right. patent leather leather with a glossy varnished surface. patent medicine medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription. patent office an office from which patents are issued. Patent Roll (in the UK) a list of patents issued in a year. Derivatives patency n. patentable adj. patently adv. (in sense 1 of adj.). Etymology: ME f. OF patent and L patere lie open |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。