widget
a machine, for example a phone or computer, that can be used to connect to the internet:
You can stream music on your tablet or other mobile device.
The listening device was concealed in a pen.窃听装置藏在了笔里。
The president's car is equipped with a homing device as a security measure.
It's an artificial device that stimulates the auditory areas of the brain.这个人工装置是用来刺激大脑听觉区域的。
We have a device that switches the lights on at a preset time in the evening.
A mouse is a device that makes it easier to select different options from computer menus.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
applicator
automated
automation
backhoe
chuck
convenience
Heath Robinson
humanoid
immobilizer
machinery
roller
snow thrower
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
valve
workhorse

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Tools in general
Computer hardware
Communications - telephone equipment

devicenoun[C] (METHOD)

a method that is used to produce a particular effect: （以期达到某种特定效果的）方法，手段
a literary/rhetorical device文学／修辞手法
A trademark can be a powerful marketing device.商标可以是一种强有力的营销手段。
[ + to infinitive ]Her cool manner is just a device to avoid having to talk to people.她冷漠的表现只是避免与人交谈的一种手段。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ways of achieving things
a means to an endidiom
actively
aid
another
avenue
bases
basis
formula
media
method
methodological
methodologically
procedure
standard operating procedure
strategy
styleless
stylistic
stylistically
thus
vehicle

devicenoun[C] (BOMB)

a bomb or other explosive: 炸弹;爆炸装置
an explosive/incendiary/nuclear device爆炸装置／燃烧弹／核爆炸装置

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bombs & missiles
anti-mine
anti-missile
anti-radar
anti-satellite
anti-ship
daisy cutter
defuse
depth charge
dirty bomb
enrich
limpet mine
minefield
missile
Molotov cocktail
mortar
silo
smart bomb
smoke bomb
submunition
superbomb

device | American Dictionary

device
noun[ C ]
us/dɪˈvɑɪs/

devicenoun[C] (OBJECT)

an object or machine that has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose:
a handheld device
a safety device
electronic/mechanical devices
He invented a device for measuring very small distances exactly.

devicenoun[C] (METHOD)

a method that is used to produce a desired effect:
His temper tantrums were just a device for attracting attention.

device | Business English

device
noun[ C ]
uk /dɪˈvaɪs/us
an object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose:
biotech and medical devices
You should not use any personal electronic device, such as a cell phone, while driving.
mobile/wireless/handheld devices
a method that is used to produce a particular effect:
A trademark can be a powerful marketing device.

Collocations withdevice

device

These are words often used in combination with device.

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assist device
In the early postoperative period 2 patients received a temporary left ventricular assist device.
doomsday device
However, his plan is currently stalling while his doomsday device warps reality.
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