a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building 存货清单;存货盘存(报表);财产目录;建筑物内部部件清单 ■a quantity of goods held in stock 存货,库存 in our warehouse you'll find a large inventory of new and used bicycles. 在我们的仓库里你会发现大量的新旧自行车存货。 ■(in accounting) the entire stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress, and finished product (会计学)财产目录,财产清单,财产清册
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.]make a complete list of 为…开列清单 ■enter in a list 列入清单 about forty possible sites were inventoried. 约40个可能地点被列入了清单。
语源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin inventorium, alteration of late Latin inventarium, literally a list of what is found, from Latin invenire 'come upon'