A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
例句
P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...寶潔公司為它的餅干申請專利權。He held a number of patents for his many innovations...他擁有多項發明的專利權。
VERB
得到…的專利權
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
例句
He patented the idea that the atom could be split...他獲得了“原子可以再分”這一概念的專利權。The invention has been patented by the university.那項發明已被那所大學申請了專利。
ADJ-GRADED
（尤指壞事物）明顯的，顯而易見的
You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
例句
This was patent nonsense.這明顯是胡說八道。...a patent lie.赤裸裸的謊言
英漢詞典釋義
n.
專利, 專利權
The patent runs out in three years' time.這項專利期限為三年。
專利品
He owned several patents.他擁有幾項專利發明。
adj.
專利的；特許的；受專利保護的
Try some of this new patent medicine.試試這一種新的專利藥品吧。
顯然的；明顯的；公然的；公開的
It is patent to all that this is a good chance.大家都明白這是一個好機會。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2. an official document granting a right or privilege
Verb
1. obtain a patent for;
"Should I patent this invention?"
2. grant rights to; grant a patent for
3. make open to sight or notice;
"His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
Adjective
1. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage;
"patent ductus arteriosus"
2. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields""evident hostility""manifest disapproval""patent advantages""made his meaning plain""it is plain that he is no reactionary""in plain view"