discover  /dɪsk'ʌvɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  discover
  (vt.)發現,找到,暴露(vi.)有所發現

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discovered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Discovering}.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren,
     OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d['e]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) +
     couvrir to cover. See {Cover}.]
     1. To uncover. [Obs.]
  
              Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any
              church.                               --Abp.
                                                    Grindal.
  
     2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to
        reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret,
        unseen, or unknown).
  
              Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The
              several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak.
  
              Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity
              doth best discover virtue.            --Bacon.
  
              We will discover ourselves unto them. --1 Sam. xiv.
                                                    8.
  
              Discover not a secret to another.     --Prov. xxv.
                                                    9.
  
     3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of
        a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to
        find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.
  
              Some to discover islands far away.    --Shak.
  
     4. To manifest without design; to show.
  
              The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J.
                                                    Smith.
  
     5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]
  
     Syn: To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal;
          communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. --
          To {Discover}, {Invent}. We discover what existed
          before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming
          combinations which are either entirely new, or which
          attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus
          discovered America; Newton discovered the law of
          gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo
          invented the telescope.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. i.
     To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]
  
           This done, they discover.                --Decker.
  
           Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be
           followers of this world.                 --Milton.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  discover
       v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
            "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking
            water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: {detect},
             {observe}, {find}, {notice}]
       2: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
          X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
          particle" [syn: {find}]
       3: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I
          learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that
          you have been promoted" [syn: {learn}, {hear}, {get word},
           {get wind}, {pick up}, {find out}, {get a line}, {see}]
       4: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
          story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: {find}]
       5: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
          tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck
          the main path to the lake" [syn: {fall upon}, {strike}, {come
          upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance
          on}, {happen upon}, {attain}]
       6: make known to the public information that was previously
          known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
          secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
          which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal
          how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news
          to her" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal},
           {expose}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let
          out}]
       7: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered
          the North Pole?"
       8: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify},
           {key}, {key out}, {distinguish}, {describe}, {name}]

資料來源(5): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  discover
  	entdecken