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patent

noun
 
🔊/ˈpætnt/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtnt/
🔊/ˈpætnt/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention; a document that proves this专利；专利证书
    • patent on something to apply for/obtain/take out a patent on an invention申请/获得/取得一项发明专利
    • by patent The device was protected by patent.这一装置受专利保护。🔊🔊
    • patent applications/laws专利申请；专利法
    • the US Patent Office美国专利局
    Extra Examples
    • Edison took out a patent on the light bulb.爱迪生取得了灯泡的专利。
    • In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine.贝恩于 1843 年为他的传真机提交了专利申请。
    • In 1995 he was granted a patent for his invention.1995 年他的发明获得了专利。
    • The item is Patent Pending No. 11092001.这样东西的专利审批号为 11092001。
    • a leading authority on patent law专利法方面的主要权威人士
    Topics Businessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + patent
    • apply for
    • file
    • get
    • …
    patent + verb
    • expire
    • cover
    • protect
    • …
    patent + noun
    • application
    • protection
    • law
    • …
    preposition
    • patent for
    • patent on
    phrases
    • patent pending
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.

patent

adjective
🔊/ˈpeɪtnt/
🔊/ˈpeɪtnt/, 🔊/ˈpætnt/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of a product产品) made or sold by a particular company专利生产的；专利经销的
    • patent medicines专利药
  2. (formal) used to emphasize that something bad is very clear and obvious明显的；赤裸裸的 synonym blatant
    • It was a patent lie.那是赤裸裸的谎言。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.

patent

verb
🔊/ˈpætnt/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtnt/
🔊/ˈpætnt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they patent
🔊/ˈpætnt/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtnt/
🔊/ˈpætnt/
he / she / it patents
🔊/ˈpætnts/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtnts/
🔊/ˈpætnts/
past simple patented
🔊/ˈpætntɪd/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtntɪd/
🔊/ˈpætntɪd/
past participle patented
🔊/ˈpætntɪd/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtntɪd/
🔊/ˈpætntɪd/
-ing form patenting
🔊/ˈpætntɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈpeɪtntɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpætntɪŋ/
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  1. patent something to obtain a patent for an invention or a process获得专利
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.