The pronunciation /'pætənt/ is also used for meanings 1 and 2 in British English. 英国英语中义项1和2亦读作/'pætənt/。
										- N-COUNT 专利权
 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...
 宝洁公司为它的饼干申请专利权。
- He held a number of patents for his many innovations...
 他拥有多项发明的专利权。
- It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
 它诉Centrocorp公司侵犯专利权。
 
- VERB 得到…的专利权
 If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.- He patented the idea that the atom could be split...
 他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。
- The invention has been patented by the university.
 那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
- ...a patented machine called the VCR II.
 名为VCR II的专利机器
 
- ADJ-GRADED (尤指坏事物)明显的,显而易见的
 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.
 这明显是胡说八道。
- ...a patent lie.
 赤裸裸的谎言