patent

/ˈpætənt/

n./v. 專利；取得專利
- The inventor holds a patent for a water bottle that tracks how much you drink. 那位發明家擁有一款能記錄你喝了多少水的水壺專利。

其他意思

n. 專利, 專利權

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.
- P&G applied for a patent on its cookies
v. 取得專利

If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
- He patented the idea that the atom could be split
adj.

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.
- This was patent nonsense.

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