Tasmania was named after its discoverer, A. J. Tasman. 塔斯曼尼亚岛是以其发现者塔斯曼的名字命名的.
The strait was named after its discoverer. 这个海峡是以它的发现者命名的。
Captain Cook was a great discoverer. 库克船长是伟大的发现者。
discoverer
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someone who is the first to think of or make something
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someone who is the first to observe something
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Discoverer \Dis*cov"er*er\, n. 1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.
The discoverers and searchers of the land. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A scout; an explorer. --Shak.
Neighbors became used to seeing him strolling near Central Park. Those walks were once recommended by his idol and early discoverer, Rachmaninoff.
But for the discoverer even small stones carry the satisfaction of Tiffany's finest.
In November 1897, the company that is now Siemens' medical engineering group received a letter from Professor Wilhelm Rontgen, discoverer of X-rays.
More important, at least in French eyes, is the honour and glory of being undisputed discoverer of the Aids virus. However, with Dr Gallo continuing to deny all significant allegations against him, no early resolution of the affair is in sight.