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device /di'vais/

• danh từ
  • phương sách, phương kế; chước mưu
  • vật sáng chế ra (để dùng vào mục đích gì); thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc
    • a control device: dụng cụ điều khiển
    • an electronic device: dụng cụ điện tử
  • hình vẽ; hình trang trí; hình tương trưng
  • châm ngôn; đề từ
  • to leave someone to his own devices
    • để mặc cho ai tự xoay sở lo liệu lấy

devicesdɪ'vaɪs
noun
+an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
+something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
+any clever maneuver
+any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
+an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

+ noun
1 an object or a piece of equipment that has been designed to do a particular job: a water-saving device + This portable device enables deaf people to telephone the hospital by typing a message instead of speaking. + electrical labour-saving devices around the home
2 a bomb or weapon that will explode: A powerful device exploded outside the station. + the world's first atomic device
3 a method of doing sth that produces a particular result or effect: Sending advertising by mail is very successful as a marketing device.
4 a plan or trick that is used to get sth that sb wants: The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems.
Idioms: leave sb to their own devices to leave sb alone to do as they wish, and not tell them what to do