n. 装置, 设计, 策略, 发明物, 设备

[计] 设备; DOS内部命令:该命令要求DOS安装一个设备驱动程序

[化] 器件

[医] 装置, 器

[经] 遗赠的财产

Device \De*vice"\, n. [OE. devis, devise, will, intention,
opinion, invention, fr. F. devis architect's plan and
estimates (in OF., division, plan, wish), devise device (in
sense 3), in OF. also, division, wish, last will, fr.
deviser. See {Devise}, v. t., and cf. {Devise}, n.]
1. That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance;
an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to
deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

His device in against Babylon, to destroy it. --Jer.
li. 11.

Their recent device of demanding benevolences.
--Hallam.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. --Job v.
12.

2. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

I must have instruments of my own device. --Landor.

3.
(a) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or
more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic
bearings to denote the historical situation, the
ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See
{Cognizance}.
(b) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by
devices on their shields. --Addison.

A banner with this strange device
Excelsior. --Longfellow.

4. Anything fancifully conceived. --Shak.

5. A spectacle or show. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

6. Opinion; decision. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

7. any artifactual object designed to perform an action or
process, with or without an operator in attendance.
[PJC]

Syn: Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project;
stratagem; shift.

Usage: -- {Device}, {Contrivance}. Device implies more of
inventive power, and contrivance more of skill and
dexterity in execution. A device usually has reference
to something worked out for exhibition or show; a
contrivance usually respects the arrangement or
disposition of things with reference to securing some
end. Devices were worn by knights-errant on their
shields; contrivances are generally used to promote
the practical convenience of life. The word device is
often used in a bad sense; as, a crafty device;
contrivance is almost always used in a good sense; as,
a useful contrivance.