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device

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Related topics: Technology, Bombs & terrorism, Weapons, Literature

de·vice /dɪˈvaɪs/ S3 W2 AWL noun [countableC]

1 PIECE OF EQUIPMENTTMACHINEa machine or tool that does a special job 设备，仪器，装置 SYN gadget

modern labour-saving devices

省力的现代设备

device for doing something

a device for separating metal from garbage

将金属与垃圾分开的设备

device to do something

The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.

这家公司生产一氧化碳检测设备。

2 SPECIAL METHODWAY/METHODa special way of doing something that makes it easier to do 〔使做某事更容易的〕特殊方法，手段

device for doing something

Testing yourself with information on cards is a useful device for studying.

用卡片上的信息做自我测试是一种有效的学习方法。

a memory device

一种记忆方法

3 PLAN/TRICKTRICK/DECEIVEa plan or trick, especially for a dishonest purpose 计谋，〔尤指〕花招，诡计

device to do something

Their proposal was only a device to confuse the opposition.

他们的提议只是迷惑反对派的一个花招。

4 BOMBSCBPMWa bomb or other explosive weapon 炸弹，爆炸装置

explosive/nuclear/incendiary etc device 炸弹/核弹/燃烧弹等

5 LITERATURE/THEATREALAPthe special use of words in literature, or of words, lights etc in a play, to achieve an effect 〔文学作品中的〕手法，修辞手段；〔戏剧中灯光使用的〕技巧

Metaphor is a common literary device.

隐喻是一种常见的文学手法。

→ leave somebody to their own devices at leave1(4)

n COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + device

an electronic device

The shops are always full of new electronic devices.

a mechanical device (=using power from an engine or machine)

One day it will be technically possible to replace patients’ hearts with mechanical devices.

a simple device

He invented a simple device for chopping onions.

a clever device (=made using a clever idea)

This clever little device rings to tell you where you left your keys.

a labour-saving device British EnglishBrE, a labor-saving device American EnglishAmE (=that reduces the amount of work you have to do)

Modern houses have so many labour-saving devices.

a security device (=designed to protect against crime)

Cars today have better alarms and security devices.

a safety device (=designed to keep people safe)

The accident happened because a simple safety device wasn’t properly fitted.

a handheld device (=that you hold in your hand)

This is a handheld device for playing electronic games.

a storage device (=a computer device for storing information electronically)

You may need an additional storage device if you have a lot of data.

a medical device

The company makes medical devices that use laser technology for correcting eye disorders.

Examples from the Corpus

device• Rahman uses dreams as a device to fill in the characters' backgrounds.• An EEG is a device that records electrical activity in the brain.• What is sought is a device.• The phone call was just a device to keep him from leaving.• Commissions and inquiries are little more than a device to allow politicians to put off taking decisions.• a device for controlling temperature• The farmers there still use the 'Archimedes Screw', an ancient device for raising water from a lake or well.• Newton has always been positioned as a handheld communications device.• Severe penalties were introduced for abortions and the sale of contraceptive devices.• a birth control device• He used every device possible to prevent inspectors from entering the premises.• an explosive device• They were both aware that there might be listening devices hidden in the room.• Moulton said retrofitting could be done, at a cost of about $ 150 for the add-on device.• The National Association for Elevator Safety says that most elevators have safety devices that prevent free-falls.• Cop shop: Police have opened their own cop shop at Darlington police station to sell personal attack alarms and security devices.• A series of simple push-buttons on the solid state device enables the required temperature range to be set precisely.• Police found the device hidden in a suitcase.• Four of the victims received serious injuries when the device ripped through one of the station's lavatories.• Recommendations can be made or applications recorded easily with the device using drop-down menus and templates.• The device was removed from the shop and detonated in a controlled explosion.• a thermostatic device for controlling temperature

device to do something• They became an accounting device to help managers, not a control device to hem them in.• Soldiers were pushing it open and Rostov saw that the whole inner yard was a clever device to protect the city.• If this were the case we could avoid having to examine each device to arbitrarily high accuracy.• The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.• Some use other devices to prop the branches.• The author of Dame Sirith was fully able to exploit such prosodic devices to good effect.• Subsequent writers re-orient and transform Spenser's devices to different contexts.• I retire the devices to their cupboards.• Heart patients have been implanted with ventricular devices to operate both chambers of their hearts.

device to do something• They became an accounting device to help managers, not a control device to hem them in.• Soldiers were pushing it open and Rostov saw that the whole inner yard was a clever device to protect the city.• If this were the case we could avoid having to examine each device to arbitrarily high accuracy.• Some use other devices to prop the branches.• The author of Dame Sirith was fully able to exploit such prosodic devices to good effect.• Subsequent writers re-orient and transform Spenser's devices to different contexts.• I retire the devices to their cupboards.• Heart patients have been implanted with ventricular devices to operate both chambers of their hearts.

explosive/nuclear/incendiary etc device• There have been no additional explosive devices found nor any arrests made.• An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.• Investigator Charles Barnett said all three face felony conspiracy, burglary and explosive devices charges.• He said the equipment could be used at checkpoints to search people for explosive devices.• A small explosive device used in the booster-separation system failed to fire when Endeavour launched on 30 November last year.• He then turned away and detonated the explosive device strapped to his body.• The caller claimed three incendiary devices had been planted at the Vineyards.

Origin device

(1200-1300) Old French devis, devise “division, plan”, from deviser “to divide, tell”; → DEVISE

de·vice noun →n COLLOCATIONS1

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TOEFL BNC: 1825 COCA: 1507

device

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEVICE | DEVICE + VERB | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤clever, ingenious靈巧的裝置；設計精巧的裝置

▸➤labour-saving/labor-saving, useful節省勞力的裝置；有用的設備

▸➤complex, sophisticated複雜裝置；精密儀器

▸➤simple簡單裝置

▸➤hi-tech高技術儀器

▸➤hand-held, mobile, portable便攜式裝置

▸➤automatic, digital, electrical, electronic, mechanical自動／數碼／電動／電子／機械裝置

▸➤USB, wireless * USB/ 無線裝置

▸➤bugging, communication, contraceptive, display, measuring, medical, monitoring, optical, recording, safety, storage, timing, warning竊聽器；通信裝置；避孕用品；顯示儀；測量儀器；醫療器械；監控器；光學裝置；記錄儀；安全裝置；貯存裝置；計時器；警報裝置

◇Police found several bugging devices in the room.警察在房間裏發現了若干竊聽器。

➤explosive, incendiary爆炸裝置；燃燒裝置

◇improvised explosive devices簡易爆炸裝置

◇An incendiary device exploded in the store, setting fire to furniture.一個燃燒裝置在商店裏爆炸，引燃了傢具。

➤nuclear核裝置

VERB + DEVICE

➤be fitted with, have配有裝置；有裝置

◇All new cars are now fitted with these safety devices.現在所有的新車都裝有這類安全裝置。

➤connect, install連接／安裝裝置

◇Now connect the device to your computer.現在把這個設備連接到你的電腦上。

➤build, design, develop, make建造／設計／開發／製造裝置

▸➤use使用裝置