device
n
1 thing made or adapted for a special purpose (为某种用途而制作或改装的)装置, 器具
a device for measuring pressure 测压装置
a labour-saving device 节省劳力的装置
an explosive device 爆破装置
a nuclear device, eg a nuclear bomb or missile 核子装置(如核弹或核导弹). =>Usage at machine 用法见machine.
2 (literature 文学) metaphor, combination of words, etc used by a writer to produce an effect on the reader (作者用以感染读者的)手法, 技巧(如隐喻、 词语搭配等)
a stylistic device 文体表现手法.
3 scheme; trick 策略; 计策; 诡计; 计谋
Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him. 她所谓生病只不过是避免见他的花招而已.
4 symbol or figure used as a sign by a noble family, eg on a crest or shield (贵族用作家族标志的)图案(如用於饰章或盾形徽的)
a heraldic device 纹章图案.
5 (idm 习语) leave sb to his own devices => leave1.
and we have to lower into the ground and haul out of the ground great lengths of drill pipe which are rotated by an engine at the top and are fitted with a cutting bit at the bottom.