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device

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来自中古英语 devys，来自古法语 devis，来自拉丁语 dīvīsus，dīvidō (“分发”)的过去分词。

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device (复数 devices)

  1. 装置，设备
    • 1949. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Chapter VI. Provisions Applicable to Cycles in International Traffic
      Every cycle shall be equipped with: [...] (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell [...]
    • 2013年6月1日, “A better waterworks”, 出自 The Economist‎[1], 第 407 卷, 第 8838 期，第 5 (Technology Quarterly) 页:
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
      如今，人工肾脏仍然意味着一台大小和冰箱差不多的透析机。这种设备模仿真正肾脏净化血液的方式，并以尿液的形式排出杂质和多余的水。
  2. (电脑硬体) 外部设备
  3. 手段，诡计，阴谋
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 51:11:
      His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.
      祂定意攻击巴比伦，将他毁灭。
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 5:12:
      He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
      破坏狡猾人的计谋，使他们所谋的，不得成就。
    • 1827 Hallam, Henry, The English Constitution, Harper
      Their recent device of demanding benevolences.
    • 2012年3月, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, 出自 American Scientist‎[2], 第 100 卷, 第 2 期，第 106 页:
      Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
      在科学论述中，图画、图片可不仅仅是装饰品。它们包括了黑板上的草图、地质图、分子结构图、天文照片、核磁共振图像、各种统计图表和图形。这些图像手段是展示证据、解释理论、讲述故事所不可或缺的工具。
  4. (爱尔兰) 简易爆炸装置，自制炸弹
  5. (修辞学) 修辞手法
  7. (纹章学) 用于将持有者与其他人区分开来的格言、徽记或其他标志。与 badge 或 cognizance 不同，主要是因为它是用来区别个人，而不是可以流传给同一家族中的其他人。
  8. (古旧) 设计；发明；构思
    • 1824. Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, page 44
      Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly
    • 1976. The Eagles, "Hotel California"
      And she said,
      "We are all prisoners here,
      Of our own device"
  9. (法律) 全部或部分作为商标或服务标志使用的图像
  10. (印刷) 表示官方或专有权力或来源的图像或标志
    • 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic], USGPO, Washington, p1:
      Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.
  11. (弃用) 奇观或表演
  12. (弃用) 意见；决定

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  1. devica 的屈折变化形式：
    1. 属格单数
    2. 主格/宾格复数
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