discover 音標拼音: [dɪsk'ʌvɚ]
vt . 發現,找到,暴露
vi . 有所發現
發現,找到,暴露有所發現
discover v 1 :
discover or determine the existence ,
presence ,
or fact of ;
"
She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water ";
"
We found traces of lead in the paint " [
synonym : {
detect },
{
observe }, {
find }, {
discover }, {
notice }]
2 :
get to know or become aware of ,
usually accidentally ; "
I learned that she has two grown -
up children "; "
I see that you have been promoted " [
synonym : {
learn }, {
hear }, {
get word }, {
get wind }, {
pick up }, {
find out }, {
get a line }, {
discover },
{
see }]
3 :
make a discovery ,
make a new finding ; "
Roentgen discovered X -
rays "; "
Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle " [
synonym : {
discover }, {
find }]
4 :
make a discovery ; "
She found that he had lied to her "; "
The story is false ,
so far as I can discover " [
synonym : {
discover },
{
find }]
5 :
find unexpectedly ; "
the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb "; "
she struck a goldmine "; "
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake " [
synonym : {
fall upon }, {
strike }, {
come upon }, {
light upon }, {
chance upon }, {
come across }, {
chance on }, {
happen upon }, {
attain }, {
discover }]
6 :
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret ; "
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold "; "
The actress won '
t reveal how old she is "; "
bring out the truth "; "
he broke the news to her "; "
unwrap the evidence in the murder case " [
synonym :
{
unwrap }, {
disclose }, {
let on }, {
bring out }, {
reveal },
{
discover }, {
expose }, {
divulge }, {
break }, {
give away }, {
let out }]
7 :
see for the first time ;
make a discovery ; "
Who discovered the North Pole ?"
8 :
identify as in botany or biology ,
for example [
synonym :
{
identify }, {
discover }, {
key }, {
key out }, {
distinguish },
{
describe }, {
name }]
Discover \
Dis *
cov "
er \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Discovered };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Discovering }.] [
OE .
discoveren ,
discuren ,
descuren ,
OF .
descovrir ,
descouvrir ,
F .
d ['
e ]
couvrir ;
des - (
L .
dis -)
couvrir to cover .
See {
Cover }.]
1 .
To uncover . [
Obs .]
[
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Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church . --
Abp .
Grindal .
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2 .
To disclose ;
to lay open to view ;
to make visible ;
to reveal ;
to make known ;
to show (
what has been secret ,
unseen ,
or unknown ). [
Archaic ]
[
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Go ,
draw aside the curtains ,
and discover The several caskets to this noble prince . --
Shak .
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Prosperity doth best discover vice ;
but adversity doth best discover virtue . --
Bacon .
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We will discover ourselves unto them . --
1 Sam .
xiv .
8 .
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Discover not a secret to another . --
Prov .
xxv .
9 .
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3 .
To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of ,
as of a thing existing already ,
but not perceived or known ;
to find ;
to ascertain ;
to espy ;
to detect . [
WordNet sense 1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
6 ,
7 ,
8 ]
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Some to discover islands far away . --
Shak .
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4 .
To manifest without design ;
to show .
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The youth discovered a taste for sculpture . --
C .
J .
Smith .
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5 .
To explore ;
to examine . [
Obs .]
Syn :
To disclose ;
bring out ;
exhibit ;
show ;
manifest ;
reveal ;
communicate ;
impart ;
tell ;
espy ;
find ;
out ;
detect . --
To {
Discover }, {
Invent }.
We discover what existed before ,
but remained unknown ;
we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new ,
or which attain their end by means unknown before .
Columbus discovered America ;
Newton discovered the law of gravitation ;
Whitney invented the cotton gin ;
Galileo invented the telescope .
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Discover \
Dis *
cov "
er \,
v .
i .
To discover or show one '
s self . [
Obs .]
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This done ,
they discover . --
Decker .
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Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world . --
Milton .
[
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156 Moby Thesaurus words for "
discover ":
advertise ,
ascertain ,
bare ,
be informed ,
become acquainted with ,
beget ,
behold ,
betray ,
break the seal ,
breed ,
bring forth ,
bring into being ,
bring to light ,
broaden the mind ,
call into being ,
catch on ,
catch sight of ,
clap eyes on ,
coin ,
conceive ,
concoct ,
contrive ,
cook up ,
cram the mind ,
debunk ,
descry ,
design ,
detect ,
determine ,
develop ,
devise ,
dig up ,
discern ,
disclose ,
dismask ,
distinguish ,
divulge ,
draw the veil ,
dream up ,
encounter ,
engender ,
espy ,
evolve ,
expose ,
fabricate ,
ferret out ,
find ,
find out ,
find out about ,
frame ,
gain knowledge ,
generate ,
get ,
get hold of ,
get wise to ,
give away ,
give being to ,
give rise to ,
glimpse ,
hatch ,
have in sight ,
hear ,
hit ,
hunt down ,
identify ,
impart ,
improvise ,
innovate ,
introduce ,
introduce new blood ,
invent ,
ken ,
lay bare ,
lay eyes on ,
lay open ,
learn ,
learn about ,
let daylight in ,
let out ,
load the mind ,
locate ,
look on ,
look upon ,
make do with ,
make innovations ,
make out ,
make up ,
manifest ,
mature ,
meet with ,
mint ,
mouth ,
neologize ,
note ,
notice ,
observe ,
open ,
open up ,
originate ,
perceive ,
pick out ,
pick up information ,
pioneer ,
plan ,
proclaim ,
procreate ,
publish ,
raise the curtain ,
recognize ,
rediscover ,
reveal ,
revolutionize ,
root out ,
run down ,
run to earth ,
search out ,
see ,
show ,
show up ,
sight ,
smoke out ,
spawn ,
spill ,
spot ,
spy ,
strike ,
strike out ,
strip bare ,
take in ,
tell ,
think out ,
think up ,
trace ,
trace down ,
track down ,
tumble ,
turn up ,
twig ,
uncloak ,
uncover ,
undrape ,
undress ,
unearth ,
unfold ,
unfurl ,
unkennel ,
unmask ,
unpack ,
unroll ,
unscreen ,
unsheathe ,
unshroud ,
unveil ,
unwrap ,
view ,
witness
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