discover
discover 英 [dɪˈskʌvə(r)] 美 [dɪˈskʌvɚ]
v. 发现；发觉
进行时:discovering 过去式:discovered 过去分词:discovered 第三人称单数:discovers
- If you discover something, you find it unexpectedly, like when you discover your favorite childhood stuffed animal in a box of old junk.
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- v. 发现；发觉
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1. Cook is credited with discovering Hawaii.
人们把发现夏威夷的功劳归于库克。
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2. He was discovered hiding in a shed.
他被发现原来藏在棚屋里。
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3. She was discovered dead at her home .
她被发现死在家里。
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4. It was a shock to discover that he couldn't read.
得知他不识字真令人震惊。
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5. It was later discovered that the diaries were a fraud.
后来查明这些日记完全是伪造的。
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6. We discovered this beach .
我们发现了这个海滩。
- discover (v.) c. 1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from Old French descovrir "uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover (v.)). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering.
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