(of an object, a plan, an idea, etc. 物体、计划、思想等 very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas 精巧的；新颖独特的；巧妙的 an ingenious device/invention/experiment 精巧的装置；巧妙的发明／实验 ingenious ways of saving energy 节约能源的巧妙方法 His plots are always very ingenious. 他的情节总是很巧妙。
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(of a person 人 having a lot of clever new ideas and good at inventing things 心灵手巧的；机敏的；善于创造发明的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; compare with engine.