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单词 inventor
释义 in·ven·tor
noun
also in·vent·er \ə̇nˈventə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: inventor from Latin, from inventus (past participle of invenire) + -or; inventer alteration (influenced by English -er) (II) of inventor
1. obsolete : one that finds or finds out : discoverer
 < first inventor of the nervous system — John Freind >
2. : one that conceives by creative imagination
 < inventor of a new ballet >
 < one must be an inventor to read well — S.P.Sherman >
 < the next step is to discover what makes a man an inventor rather than a passive culture carrier — Ralph Linton >
3. : one that creates a new device or process : originator
 < Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin >
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