English Dictionary

device

noun

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. / (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

I need to charge my device.

意味（1）

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

Every cycle shall be equipped with: … (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell …

意味（2）

(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

意味（3）

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.

意味（4）

(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb

Inflammable material is planted in my head / It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead

意味（5）

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

意味（6）

(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.

意味（7）

(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device, weighty, and exceeding costly

意味（8）

(law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

意味（9）

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked Paid by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. … To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.

意味（10）

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

It will be out of faſhion to weare ſwords, / Maſques, and devices welcome, I ſalute you […]

意味（11）

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.