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devices

UK //dɪˈvaɪsɪz//US //dɪˈvaɪsɪz//

词源

源自中古英语,来自古法语 'devis',最终源自拉丁语 'divisus'(分开的),与 'divide' 同源。

noun

❶ 指各种工具、装置或仪器,通常用于特定目的或功能。可以是电子设备、机械装置或其他实用工具。

“Modern devices like smartphones have changed the way we communicate.”

(智能手机等现代设备改变了我们的交流方式。)

“The laboratory is equipped with advanced measuring devices.”

(实验室配备了先进的测量仪器。)

❶ 指文学或艺术中的手法、技巧或策略,用于达到特定效果或目的。

“The author uses various literary devices to create suspense.”

(作者运用各种文学手法来制造悬念。)

“Metaphor is a common rhetorical device in poetry.”

(隐喻是诗歌中常见的修辞手法。)

同义词:gadgets, apparatus, tools, instruments, mechanisms

常见短语

leave someone to their own devices — 让某人自行其是,不干涉某人的行为或决定。

“The teacher left the students to their own devices during the project.”

(在做项目期间,老师让学生们自行其是。)