发现 — meaning in English
fā xiàn
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English meaning
- detect verb To discover or notice something, often through careful observation or testing.
- detection noun The act or process of discovering something hidden, disguised, or not previously known.
- disclose verb To reveal information that was previously secret or unknown.
- discover verb To find or learn something for the first time.
- enlighten verb To give someone knowledge or understanding about something they didn't previously grasp.
- ferret noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
- find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
- finding noun A conclusion reached after research or investigation.
- reveal verb To show or make known something that was hidden or secret.
- unearth verb To dig something out of the ground.
Senses
发现 is used for these senses in English:
- detect To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
- detection The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
- discover (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
- enlighten (transitive) To supply with light.
- ferret (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
- find out (transitive) To uncover a weakness in (someone).
- finding A result of research or an investigation.
- lay bare (figuratively) To expose to view, reveal, uncover.