ingenious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·ge·ni·ous /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/ ●○○ adjective 1 INTELLIGENTan ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas 〔计划、主意或物体〕精巧的，巧妙的 Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators. 很多鱼都有绝妙的方法来保护它们产的卵不被捕食者吃掉。 an ingenious device 精巧的装置2. GOOD ATsomeone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas 〔人〕善于创造发明的，足智多谋的，心灵手巧的 —ingeniously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
ingenious• A scanner is an ingenious device which enables you to feed pictures, photos or documents into a computer system.• The catalogue is full of ingenious ideas for transforming your house into a dream home.• an ingenious marketing strategy• In the end it was Pete who thought of a really ingenious solution to the problem.• American scientists have come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of cockroaches.Origin ingenious (1400-1500) French ingénieux, from Latin ingenium “natural ability”in·ge·ni·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
idea, well an object plan, works Corpus or and is ingenious
ingenious
in‧ge‧ni‧ous /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/
adjective
Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators.
an ingenious device
2. someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas
—ingeniously adverb
in‧ge‧ni‧ous /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/
adjective Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: ingénieux, from Latin ingenium 'natural ability'
1. an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas:Language: French
Origin: ingénieux, from Latin ingenium 'natural ability'
2. someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas
—ingeniously adverb