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發現,找到,暴露有所發現

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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 : WordNet®

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}]