c. 1500, "a discoverer," from Latin inventor (fem. inventrix) "contriver, author, discoverer," agent noun from past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Meaning "one who contrives or produces a new thing or process" is from 1550s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business.
專利使用費(fèi)讓這位發(fā)明家得以再次立足于商界。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
他因發(fā)明了神奇的視聽效果而出名。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
我年輕時(shí)的抱負(fù)是成為一個(gè)發(fā)明家。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.
愛(ài)迪生很年輕的時(shí)候就獲得了發(fā)明家的聲譽(yù).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. The Nobel Medal bears the image of the great Swedish inventor.