| 单词 | ingenious |
| 释义 | ingenious[ in-jeen-yuhs ] / ɪnˈdʒin yəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ingenious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivecharacterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent. Obsolete.
Origin of ingeniousFirst recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Old French ingenïos, from Latin ingeniōsus, engignos “clever, talented, gifted,” equivalent to ingeni(um) “natural disposition, temperament, mood; natural ability, cleverness” + -ōsus adjective suffix; see origin at in-2, genitor; see also -ium, -ous SYNONYMS FOR ingenious2 bright, gifted, able, resourceful; adroit. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ingenious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR ingenious2 inept, maladroit, unskillful. SEE ANTONYMS FOR ingenious ON THESAURUS.COM words often confused with ingeniousIngenious and ingenuous arose from the same Latin root meaning “to beget, give birth” and once had the same meaning. They are now distinct from each other and are not synonyms. Ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. Both ingenious and ingenuous originally meant “of honorable or free birth, noble in character; open, frank, candid,” senses that exist in Latin. Since the second half of the 17th century, ingenuous has acquired the additional sense “naively open, innocently frank”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a thug with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy. OTHER WORDS FROM ingeniousWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ingeniousingenious , ingenuous (see confusables note at the current entry)Words nearby ingeniousIngemar, ingeminate, in general, ingenerate, Ingenhousz, ingenious, ingénue, ingenuity, ingenuous, Ingerland, Ingersoll Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ingeniousBritish Dictionary definitions for ingeniousingenious / (ɪnˈdʒiːnjəs, -nɪəs) / adjectivepossessing or done with ingenuity; skilful or clever obsolete having great intelligence; displaying genius Derived forms of ingeniousingeniously, adverbingeniousness, nounWord Origin for ingeniousC15: from Latin ingeniōsus, from ingenium natural ability; see engine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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