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- patent [ 'petnt] [ 'peɪtənt]
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1.
noun
专利（尤指专利文献）
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2.
noun
专利权
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3.
noun
专利品；专利证
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4.
noun
公有土地转让证书
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5.
noun
独享的权利；特权
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6.
adjective
专利的；特许的
- letter patent
- 专利证
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7.
adjective
专利证允许的；专利证适用的
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8.
adjective
开放的；可利用的
- 9. adjective 显然的；明显的
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10.
adjective
公开的；（门）开着的
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11.
adjective
专利权保护的
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12.
adjective
与专利权有关的
- patent law
- 专利法
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13.
adjective
专卖的
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14.
adjective
首创的；独出心裁的
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15.
adjective
[botany]
[zoology]
张开的；伸展的
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16.
vt.
给予…专利权（或证）
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17.
vt.
取得…的专利权（或证）
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1.
noun
专利（尤指专利文献）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- patent ['pætənt]
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1.
n
a government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period
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2.
n
a document conveying such a grant
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3.
n
an invention, privilege, etc, protected by a patent
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4.
n
an official document granting a right
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5.
n
any right granted by such a document
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6.
n
a grant by the government of title to public lands
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7.
n
the instrument by which such title is granted
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8.
n
the land so granted
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9.
n
a sign that one possesses a certain quality
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10.
adj
open or available for inspection (esp in the phrases letters patent, patent writ)
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11.
adj
obvious
- their scorn was patent to everyone
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12.
adj
concerning protection, appointment, etc, of or by a patent or patents
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13.
adj
proprietary
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14.
adj
(esp of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed
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15.
adj
[biology]
spreading out widely
- patent branches
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16.
adj
(of plate glass) ground and polished on both sides
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17.
vt.
[tr]
to obtain a patent for
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18.
vt.
(in the US) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent
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19.
vt.
[metallurgy]
to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working
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20.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: via Old French from Latin pat
e re to lie open; n use, short for letters patent, from Medieval Latin litterae patentes letters lying open (to public inspection) -
21.
n
[Usage]
The pronunciation ``'p[+ae]t&nt'' is heard in letters patent and Patent Office and is the usual υS pronunciation for all senses. ɪn Britain ``'p[+ae]t&nt'' is sometimes heard for senses 1, 2 and 3, but ``'peIt&nt'' is commoner and is regularly used in collocations like patent leather
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1.
n
a government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period
Examples
- letter patent
- 专利证 → patent
- a patent lie
- 明显的谎言 → patent
- patent law
- 专利法 → patent
- The transfer of the patent is back-numbered.
- 这个专利转让证书过期了。 → transfer
- their scorn was patent to everyone → patent
- patent branches → patent
- sole rights on a patent → sole
- 特许证书
- special permit; letters patent → 特许
- 专利品
- patent; patented article → 专利
- 成药
- pharmacist-prepared medicine; patent medicine → 成
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