reverse-engineerv.

Brit.

/rᵻˌvəːsɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪə/, U.S.

/rəˌvərsɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/,

/riˌvərsɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reverse adj., engineer v.

Etymology: < either reverse adj. or reverse adv. + engineer v., after reverse engineering n.

1. transitive. To examine (a product) in order to determine its construction, composition, or operation, typically with a view to manufacturing a similar product. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1957 Jrnl. Patent Office Soc. 39 210 If the Government has the item, it can reverse engineer the item and obtain the necessary data by itself.

1975 P. B. Kurland Supreme Court & Patents & Monopolies 289 Competitors..‘reverse engineer’ the secret subject matter and replicate the processes and ingredients..through analysis of the marketed product.

1985 Today's Computers Nov. 50/2 It is nearly impossible to ‘reverse engineer’ a custom or semi-custom chip.

1995 Wired Mar. 172/2 Today, marketers reverse-engineer a consumer's choice to infer why a decision was made.

1997 J. Seabrook Deeper iv. 124 The scientists reverse-engineered the virus and developed a number of effective vaccines for it.

2. transitive. To manufacture (a product) using reverse engineering. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1965 Minnesota Law Rev. 50 1056 The estimated time it would have taken a competitor to reverse engineer and market his own product.

1980 HortScience June 437/1 A potting mixture of bark-sand reverse-engineered from component pine bark and sand particles.

1998 Boston Globe (Nexis) 13 Mar. e1 An ad..shows a picture of the new car and the headline: ‘Beetle 2·0.’ Another says, ‘Reverse engineered from UFOs.’

2007 Smithsonian Feb. 70/1 A 1972 law allowing Indian companies to reverse-engineer patented drugs spawned a gargantuan pharmaceutical industry.

Derivatives

reˌverse-engiˈneered adj.

ΚΠ

1977 Fiscal Year 1978 Authorization Mil. Procurement, Res., & Devel. (U.S. Congress Senate Comm. on Armed Services) vii. 5344 When we field Roland in Europe, we will have the first truly reverse engineered system.

1983 Computerworld (Nexis) 4 Apr. 99 NEC's sale of reverse-engineered 8088 8-bit and 8086 16-bit microprocessors.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 June d4/5 This is my reverse-engineered recipe for a drink that I had first at a restaurant.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reverse-engineer
释义	reverse-engineerv. Brit. /rᵻˌvəːsɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪə/, U.S. /rəˌvərsɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/, /riˌvərsɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reverse adj., engineer v. Etymology: < either reverse adj. or reverse adv. + engineer v., after reverse engineering n. 1. transitive. To examine (a product) in order to determine its construction, composition, or operation, typically with a view to manufacturing a similar product. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1957 Jrnl. Patent Office Soc. 39 210 If the Government has the item, it can reverse engineer the item and obtain the necessary data by itself. 1975 P. B. Kurland Supreme Court & Patents & Monopolies 289 Competitors..‘reverse engineer’ the secret subject matter and replicate the processes and ingredients..through analysis of the marketed product. 1985 Today's Computers Nov. 50/2 It is nearly impossible to ‘reverse engineer’ a custom or semi-custom chip. 1995 Wired Mar. 172/2 Today, marketers reverse-engineer a consumer's choice to infer why a decision was made. 1997 J. Seabrook Deeper iv. 124 The scientists reverse-engineered the virus and developed a number of effective vaccines for it. 2. transitive. To manufacture (a product) using reverse engineering. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1965 Minnesota Law Rev. 50 1056 The estimated time it would have taken a competitor to reverse engineer and market his own product. 1980 HortScience June 437/1 A potting mixture of bark-sand reverse-engineered from component pine bark and sand particles. 1998 Boston Globe (Nexis) 13 Mar. e1 An ad..shows a picture of the new car and the headline: ‘Beetle 2·0.’ Another says, ‘Reverse engineered from UFOs.’ 2007 Smithsonian Feb. 70/1 A 1972 law allowing Indian companies to reverse-engineer patented drugs spawned a gargantuan pharmaceutical industry. Derivatives reˌverse-engiˈneered adj. ΚΠ 1977 Fiscal Year 1978 Authorization Mil. Procurement, Res., & Devel. (U.S. Congress Senate Comm. on Armed Services) vii. 5344 When we field Roland in Europe, we will have the first truly reverse engineered system. 1983 Computerworld (Nexis) 4 Apr. 99 NEC's sale of reverse-engineered 8088 8-bit and 8086 16-bit microprocessors. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 June d4/5 This is my reverse-engineered recipe for a drink that I had first at a restaurant. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1957
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