discovery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/|/dɪˈskʌv.ə.ɹi/    美 /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/|/dɪˈskʌv.ə.ɹi/|/dɪˈskɐv.ɹi/|/dɪˈskɐv.ə.ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something discovered. countable,uncountable
    — This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
  2. The discovering of new things. uncountable
    — The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
  3. An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation. archaic,countable
    — Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]
  4. A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. uncountable
    — The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
  5. Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. uncountable
    — The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.
  6. A discovered attack. countable,uncountable
    — 1700: "If I play f4, he can check me with ...Qd4, but then he has to move his Queen because he can easily lose it to a Bishop discovery on b5. He could also check me on c5 when his Queen might be safer. I could just move out of the way, though, and continue my attack."

词形变化

discoveries plural discoverie alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
autodiscovery biodiscovery codiscovery discovery informatics discovery request e-discovery indiscovery nondiscovery prediscovery rediscovery self-discovery undiscovery
相关词
discover discoverer

词源

from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.
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