patent
/ˈpeɪtnt, also ˈpætnt; ?@ ˈpætnt; `pætnt/ adj
~ (to sb) obvious; clear; evident 显著的; 清楚的; 明显的: a patent lie 明显的谎言
his patent dislike of the plan 他对该计画明显的不喜欢
a patent disregard for the truth 公然无视事实
It was patent to anyone that she disliked the idea. 谁都知道她不喜欢那个主意.
patent / ˈpætnt, also ˈpeɪtnt; ?@ ˈpætnt; `pætnt/ n
1
(a) official document giving the holder the sole right to make, use or sell an invention and preventing others from imitating it 许可证; 特许状; 专利证书
take out (ie obtain) a patent to protect an invention 取得专利证书以保护一项发明
patent applied for, eg marked on goods not yet protected by patent 已申请专利（如标在尚未获专利保护产品上的字样）.
(b) right granted by this 专利权.
2 invention or process that is protected by a patent 专利发明; 专利方法
It's my patent. 那是我的专利发明. patent, adj
1 [attrib 作定语]
(of an invention, a product, etc) protected by or having a patent （指发明、 产品等）有专利的, 受专利权保护的.
2 [attrib 作定语]
made and sold by a particular firm 专利生产的; 专利经销的
patent drugs, medicines, etc 专利药物等
(joc 谑) his patent (ie personal) remedy for hangovers 他私有的治宿醉偏方. patent, v [Tn]
obtain a patent for (an invention or process) 取得（某项发明或方法的）专利权.