Picture someone walking round a room with a clipboard, writing down every item and how many there are, so that later nobody has to guess. The list is the word. In American English it slides from the list to the things on it: the stock a shop is holding.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inventorynoun/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/
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The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
- Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.
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A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
- The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.
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The process of producing or updating such a list.
- This month's inventory took nearly three days.
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A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.
- You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.
- From the inventory tab you have the option to use the mobile phone or check out gadgets you have collected.
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human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyThe total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
- Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.
- Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..
inventoryverb/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/
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To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
- The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.
- ‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’
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