四大發明英文

❶ 四大發明英語介紹

The Four Great Inventions 四大發明

The Compass 指南針

Diagram of a Ming dynasty mariner's compass
Main article: Compass
The earliest reference to magnetism in Chinese literature is found in a 4th century BC book called Book of the Devil Valley Master (鬼穀子): "The lodestone makes iron come or it attracts it."
The earliest reference to a magnetic device used as a "direction finder" is in a Song Dynasty book dated to AD 1040-44. Here there is a description of an iron "south-pointing fish" floating in a bowl of water, aligning itself to the south. The device is recommended as a means of orientation "in the obscurity of the night." However, the first suspended magnetic needle compass was written of by Shen Kuo in his book of AD 1088.
For most of Chinese history, the compass that remained in use was in the form of a magnetic needle floating in a bowl of water. According to Needham, the Chinese in the Song Dynasty and continuing Yuan Dynasty did make use of a dry compass, although this type never became as widely used in China as the wet compass.
The dry compass used in China was a dry suspension compass, a wooden frame crafted in the shape of a turtle hung upside down by a board, with the loadstone sealed in by wax, and if rotated, the needle at the tail would always point in the northern cardinal direction. Although the 14th century European compass-card in box frame and dry pivot needle was adopted in China after its use was taken by Japanese pirates in the 16th century (who had in turn learned of it from Europeans), the Chinese design of the suspended dry compass persisted in use well into the 18th century.

Gunpowder 火葯

Handgun from the Yuan dynasty, circa 1300s.
Main article: History of gunpowder
The prevailing academic consensus is that gunpowder was discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. By the time the Song Dynasty treatise, Wujing Zongyao (武經總要), was written by Zeng Gongliang and Yang Weide in AD 1044, the various Chinese formulas for gunpowder held levels of nitrate in the range of 27% to 50%. By the end of the 12th century, Chinese formulas of gunpowder had a level of nitrate capable of bursting through cast iron metal containers, in the form of the earliest hollow, gunpowder-filled grenade bombs.
In AD 1280, the bomb store of the large gunpowder arsenal at Weiyang accidentally caught fire, which proced such a massive explosion that a team of Chinese inspectors at the site a week later deced that some 100 guards had been killed instantly, with wooden beams and pillars blown sky high and landing at a distance of over 10 li (~2 mi. or ~3.2 km) away from the explosion.
By the time of Jiao Yu and his Huolongjing in the mid 14th century, the explosive potential of gunpowder was perfected, as the level of nitrate in gunpowder formulas had risen to a range of 12% to 91%, with at least 6 different formulas in use that are considered to have maximum explosive potential for gunpowder. By that time, the Chinese had discovered how to create explosive cannonballs by packing their hollow shells with this nitrate-enhanced gunpowder.

Papermaking 造紙術

Hemp wrapping paper, China, circa 100 BC
Main article: Papermaking
Further information: Science and technology of the Han Dynasty
Papermaking has traditionally been traced to China about AD 105, when Cai Lun, an official attached to the Imperial court ring the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220), created a sheet of paper using mulberry and other bast fibres along with fishnets, old rags, and hemp waste. However a recent archaeological discovery has been reported from near Dunhuang of paper with writing on it dating to 8 BC.
While paper used for wrapping and padding was used in China since the 2nd century BC, paper used as a writing medium only became widespread by the 3rd century. By the 6th century in China, sheets of paper were beginning to be used for toilet paper as well. During the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–907) paper was folded and sewn into square bags to preserve the flavor of tea. The Song Dynasty (AD 960–1279) that followed was the first government to issue paper currency.

Printing 印刷術

Main article: History of typography in East Asia
The Chinese invention of Woodblock printing, at some point before the first dated book in 868 (the Diamond Sutra), proced the world's first print culture. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "it was the Chinese who really discovered the means of communication that was to dominate until our age." Woodblock printing was better suited to Chinese characters than movable type, which the Chinese also invented, but which did not replace woodblock printing. Western printing presses, although introced in the 16th century, were not widely used in China until the 19th century. China, along with Korea, was one of the last countries to adopt them.

The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang Dynasty China, AD 868 (British Museum)
Woodblock printing for textiles, on the other hand, preceded text printing by centuries in all cultures, and is first found in China at around 220, then Egypt in the 4th century, and reached Europe by the 14th century or before, via the Islamic world, and by around 1400 was being used on paper for old master prints and playing cards. In another analysis Hyatt Mayor states that "a little before 1400 Europeans had enough paper to begin making holy images and playing cards in woodcut. They need not have learned woodcut from the Chinese, because they had been using woodblocks for about 1,000 years to stamp designs on linen."
Printing in China was further advanced by the 11th century, as it was written by the Song Dynasty scientist and statesman Shen Kuo (1031-1095) that the common artisan Bi Sheng (990-1051) invented ceramic movable type printing.Then there were those such as Wang Zhen (fl. 1290-1333) and Hua Sui (1439-1513), the former of whom invented wooden movable type printing in China, the latter of whom invented metal movable type printing in China. Movable type printing was a tedious process if one were to assemble thousands of indivial characters for the printing of simply one or a few books, but if used for printing thousands of books, the process was efficient and rapid enough to be successful and highly employed. Indeed, there were many cities in China where movable type printing, in wooden and metal form, was adopted by the enterprises of wealthy local families or large private instries. The Qing Dynasty court sponsored enormous printing projects using woodblock movable type printing ring the 18th century. Although superseded by western printing techniques, woodblock movable type printing remains in use in isolated communities in China.

❷ 中國四大發明的資料（有英文，有翻譯）

四大發明是關於中國科學技術史的一種觀點，是指中國古代對世界具有很大影響的四種發明，是古代漢族勞動人民的重要創造，一般是指造紙術、指南針、火葯及活字印刷術。

指南針：是用以判別方位的一種簡單儀器。前身是司南。主要組成部分是一根裝在軸上可以自由轉動的磁針。磁針在地磁場作用下能保持在磁子午線的切線方向上。磁針的北極指向地理的南極，利用這一性能可以辨別方向。常用於航海、大地測量、旅行及軍事等方面。指南針的N指北方，E指東方，W指西方，S指南方。

造紙術：是中國四大發明之一，人類文明史上的一項傑出的發明創造。中國是世界上最早養蠶織絲的國家。漢族勞動人民以上等蠶繭抽絲織綢，剩下的惡繭、病繭等則用漂絮法製取絲綿。漂絮完畢，篾席上會遺留一些殘絮。當漂絮的次數多了，篾席上的殘絮便積成一層纖維薄片，經晾乾之後剝離下來，可用於書寫。這種漂絮的副產物數量不多，在古書上稱它為赫蹏或方絮。這表明了中國漢族造紙術的起源同絲絮有著淵源關系。

火葯：一種黑色或棕色的炸葯，由硝酸鉀、木炭和硫磺機械混合而成，最初均製成粉末狀，以後一般製成大小不同的顆粒狀，可供不同用途之需，在採用無煙火葯以前，一直用作唯一的軍用發射葯。

印刷術：畢升曾嘗試木製活字，但木製活字一直要到元朝（1271年–1368年）王禎（活躍於1290年至1333年）的木模才趨完善。王禎亦將文字按照音韻組合置於有小隔間的轉輪排字盤以方便撿字。至於銅版活字要等到明朝（1368年-1644年）華燧（1439年至1513年）於1490年的印刷作品才趨完美。

❸ 中國古代的四大發明用英文怎麼寫

中國古代的四大發明，英語是： Four Great Inventions of Ancient China.
中國是許多偉大發明的發源地，包括中國古代的四大發明：造紙術、指南針、火葯、印刷（包括木字和活字印刷）。
China has been the source of many significant inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China: paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing ( both woodblock and movable type).

重點詞彙：
invention 英[ɪnˈvenʃn] 美[ɪnˈvɛnʃən]
n. 發明; 發明物; 捏造：內心捏造的東西，特指謊言; 發明才能;
[例句]It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention
宣傳他的新發明一直是件棘手的事情。

ancient 英[ˈeɪnʃənt] 美[ˈenʃənt]
adj. 古代的，已往的; 古老的，過時的; 年老的; 老式的;
n. 古代人; 古文明國的國民; <古>高齡老人; <古>旗手;
[例句]They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
他們認為古代希臘羅馬是知識的重要發源地。

❹ 中國古代的四大發明是什麼英文版

"四大發明」英文名為「The Four Great Inventions」
「造紙術」英文名為「Papermaking」
「火葯」英文名為「Gunpowder」
「印刷術」英文名為「Priniting Technique」
「指南針」英文名為「Compass」

❺ 中國現代四大發明英文介紹

中國現代四大發明一般指新四大發明，所謂「新四大發明「是指「高鐵、掃碼支付、共享單車和網購」。2017年5月，來自「一帶一路」沿線的20國青年評選出了「中國的新四大發明」：高鐵、掃碼支付、共享單車和網購。

1、High-speed rail

On October 1, 1964, Tokaido Shinkansen Line was officially opened to traffic. The operation speed is as high as 210 km/h. So the first real high-speed railway in the world was invented by Japan. This marks the arrival of a new era of high-speed railway in the world.

As a pioneer of high-speed railway in the world, Japan has accumulated rich experience for other countries, including China, which have not yet developed or are developing high-speed railway, and transferred some technology to these countries to help them develop high-speed railway system faster and more conveniently.

In March 2006, the CRH2A train Retrofitted from E2 series 1000 sets sailed from Kobe Port to Qing, China, and transferred some technology to China, thus ushering in the era of high-speed railway in China.

中文翻譯：

1、高鐵

1964年10月1日，日本東海道新干線正式通車。運營速度高達210公里/小時。故世界上第一條真正意義上的高速鐵路由日本發明。這標志著世界高速鐵路新紀元的到來。

日本作為世界高速鐵路的先驅為包括中國在內的其他尚未或正在發展高速鐵路的國家積累了豐富的經驗，並有償轉讓了部分技術予這些國家，以幫助其更快、更方便地發展高速鐵路系統。

2006年3月，由E2系1000番台改造而來的CRH2A型列車從神戶港裝船出發前往中國青島，並轉讓部分技術予中國，由此開啟了中國的高鐵時代。

2、Sweep Payment

The scanner payment model is based on the concept of mobile payment, and the earliest batch of payments made by mobile devices occurred in Finland in 1997. Finnish local media reported that Finland Telecom has launched a service to operate jukeboxes and beverage vending machines by dialing a pay phone number, which can buy Coca-Cola at Helsinki Airport.

The scanned two-dimensional code was invented by Japan DW Company in 1994.

2、掃碼支付

掃碼支付的模式建立在移動支付的概念上，而最早一批由移動設備完成的付款發生在1997年的芬蘭。芬蘭當地媒體報道，芬蘭電信啟用了通過撥打一個付費電話號碼來操作點唱機和飲料自動售貨機的服務，這項服務可以在赫爾辛基機場買可口可樂。

掃描的二維碼則是1994年由日本DW公司發明。

3、Shared bicycle

As early as 1965, Amsterdam Municipal Government of the Netherlands put forward the "White Plan", according to which 50 bicycles were purchased by the government and painted with white paint and scattered around the city for people to use.

This is the earliest unmanned shared bicycle system in the world, so the shared bicycle was invented by the Netherlands. In 2007, France also had the freedom of bicycle travel. Later, it became popular and innovative in China, and promoted overseas.

3、共享單車

早在1965年，荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹市政府提出了「白色計劃」，根據該計劃由政府購置50輛自行車並將其刷上白漆作為記號散放在城市各處供人使用，這是世界上最早的無人管理的共享單車系統，故共享單車由荷蘭發明。2007年，法國也有單車自由行，到後來才中國風靡和創新模式發展，並推廣海外。

4、online shopping

Online shopping belongs to the category of electronic commerce. In 1979, British Michael Aldrich invented the concept of online shopping. Aldridge used a technology called Videotex to connect ordinary televisions to local retailers'computers over telephone lines.

By the 1990s, after Amazon and eBay launched their websites in 1995, e-commerce began to be popular around the world.

4、網購

網購屬於電子商務的范疇。在1979年，英國人麥克·奧德里奇（Michael Aldrich）發明了網上購物的概念。奧德里奇利用一種被稱為Videotex的技術，通過電話線將普通電視機連接到了當地零售商的電腦。

到20世紀90年代，亞馬遜和eBay在1995年推出了他們的網站後，電子商務開始在全球流行。

(5)四大發明英文擴展閱讀：

1、中國古代四大發明

四大發明，是關於中國科學技術史的一種觀點，是指中國古代對世界具有很大影響的四種發明，是中國古代勞動人民的重要創造，是指造紙術、指南針、火葯及印刷術。

此一說法最早由英國漢學家艾約瑟提出並為後來許多中國的歷史學家所繼承，普遍認為這四種發明對中國古代的政治、經濟、文化的發展產生了巨大的推動作用，且這些發明經由各種途徑傳至西方，對世界文明發展史也產生了很大的影響。

2、歷史意義

造紙術的發明：為人類提供了經濟﹑便利的書寫材料，掀起一場人類文字載體革命。

雕版印刷術的發明：大大促進了文化的傳播。

指南針的發明：為歐洲航海家的航海活動，提供了條件。

火葯武器的發明：火葯武器的使用，改變了作戰方式，幫助歐洲資產階級摧毀了封建堡壘，加速了歐洲的歷史進程。

❻ 中國古代四大發明用英語怎麼翻譯

指南針：The compass

火葯：Gunpowder

造紙術：paper-making

印刷術：printing

在翻譯 造紙術、印刷術時，如果是在句子中，最好在他們後面在加上technique（「技術」的意思）

也就是 paper-making technique 造紙技術 and printing technique 印刷技術

❼ 中國古代四大發明英文介紹

The Four Great Inventions of China:
The Compass指南針
Gunpowder火葯
Paper紙
Printing印刷術

These four discoveries had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese civilization and a far-ranging global impact.

❽ 「四大發明」英語怎麼說

中文名四大發明
外文名:Four Great Inventions
具體指 造紙、指南針、火葯、印刷術

❾ 請問: "四大發明"用英語怎麼說謝謝

Four Great Inventions

-----------------------
Made in China: Four Great Inventions by Char4U.com

China is well known for its introction of ways and means to help ease the life of mankind. Among the inventions of Ancient China, four emerged as great contributions to the developments and changes not only to the country, but also to the world』 economy and culture.

The four great inventions of Ancient China were papermaking, commercial printing, gunpowder, and the compass.

Papermaking

Even before there was paper, the Ancient China already has its way of writing down its characters by way of carving on pottery, stones and animal bones, on bamboo or wooden strips and silk. They even cast their characters on bronzes. However, these proved to be too heavy or too expensive for the Chinese to use in corresponding with others. Hence, paper was invented.

Proper paper was first discovered in Gansu Province. It was a proof that from the time of the Western Han Dynasty, the Chinese already used paper. But it was Cai Lun who invented a more developed art of papermaking using plant fibers as raw materials. The first batch made, which was supervised by Cai Lun himself, was presented to the Han Emperor in 105 AD, which so delighted the Emperor that he named the material as 「Marqui Cai』s paper」.

This very important invention paved the way for other writing materials to emerge, as well as provide the means for the invention of commercial printing later on.

Commercial Printing

It was Bi Sheng who first introced movable type printing in the 1040』s, which was considered as the major force in the history of commercial printing. Bi Sheng used squares of clay where he curved indivial Chinese characters. Later on, other types of printing such as wood, copper and lead evolved from this clay type movable printing.

However, this significant invention did not make a great impact compared to the way Gutenberg』s moveable type revolutionized the Western world. It was e to the fact that the indivial characters used were so many, while the English language only needs 26 characters. It was much easier to manipulate the latter on a printing press than the 3000-5000 Chinese characters. Nevertheless, commercial printing in Ancient China changed the way people reproced their printed materials.

Gunpowder

The other two great inventions were gunpowder and the compass. The Chinese demonstrated their invention of gunpowder in the 18th century AD when it was used by the army of the Song Dynasty. By combining sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, the Chinese found a way to develop new weapons, including rockets launched from bamboo tubes.

Compass

On the other hand, the compass was widely used in Ancient China for navigational purposes. The Chinese found out that natural magnets are abundant, and that by making magnets, they were able to align the pieces in a North/South position. The magnets were then placed in a bowl of water with directional bearings.