| 单词 | discover |
| 释义 | discover —discoverable, adj. —discoverably, adv. /di skuv"euhr/, v.t. 1. to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. 2. to notice or realize: I discovered I didn't have my credit card with me when I went to pay my bill. 3. Archaic. to make known; reveal; disclose. [1250-1300; ME < AF discoverir, descovrir, OF descovrir < LL discooperire. See DIS-1, COVER] Syn. 1. detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice. DISCOVER, INVENT, ORIGINATE suggest bringing to light something previously unknown. To DISCOVER may be to find something that had previously existed but had hitherto been unknown: to discover a new electricity; it may also refer to devising a new use for something already known: to discover how to make synthetic rubber. To INVENT is to make or create something new, esp. something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations: to invent a device for detecting radioactivity. To ORIGINATE is to begin something new, esp. new ideas, methods, etc.: to originate a political movement, the use of assembly-line techniques. See also learn. |
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