单词 | devise |
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音标 | [di'vaiz] |
解释 | v.发明,设计;图谋;遗赠给 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 想出,设计,发明(thin k out a plan, system, tool) |
字源 | devise (v.) early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c.1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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