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discovery 音标拼音: [dɪsk'ʌvɚi] [dɪsk'ʌvri] [d ,ɪsk'ʌvri] n. U发现,发觉; C被发现的事物 U发现,发觉; C被发现的事物 discovery n 1: the act of discovering something [ synonym: { discovery}, { find}, { uncovering}] 2: something that is discovered 3: a productive insight [ synonym: { discovery}, { breakthrough}, { find}] 4: ( law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the caseDiscovery \ Dis* cov" er* y\, n.; pl. { Discoveries}. 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. [ 1913 Webster] In the clear discoveries of the next [ world]. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey' s discovery of the circulation of the blood. [ 1913 Webster] A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] We speak of the " invention" of printing, the discovery of America. -- Trench. [ 1913 Webster] 4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Exploration; examination. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " discovery": apocalypse, ascertaining, baring, bonus, breakthrough, buried treasure, coinage, conception, detection, determining, development, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, espial, exploration, expose, exposition, exposure, find, finding, foundling, gravy, idea, innovation, introduction, invention, laying bare, leap, manifestation, neologism, new phase, novelty, origination, patefaction, recognition, removing the veil, revealing, revealment, revelation, showing up, showup, strike, stripping, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncloaking, uncovering, unearthing, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, waifs, waifs and strays, windfall, windfall money, windfall profit |
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