developer
noun uk/dɪˈvel.ə.pər/ us/dɪˈvel.ə.pɚ/
(BUILDER)
C2 [ C ]开发商，建筑商
a person or company that makes money from buying land, building new houses, offices, etc., or by changing existing buildings to sell or rent
a property developer 地产开发商
- More examples
- Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.
- Some of the younger property developers are real wide boys.
- The developers refurbished the house inside and out.
- The project suddenly got a new lease of life when the developers agreed to provide some more funding.
- The developers dealt with the problem in the time-honoured fashion, burying the industrial waste in landfill sites.
(OF PRODUCT)
C1 [ C ]（尤指计算机产品，如软件等的）开发者
a person or company that creates new products, especially computer products such as software
The company is a leading software developer. 该公司是一家领先的计算机软件开发商。
(CHEMICAL)
[ C or U ]显影剂
a chemical used for developing photographs or films
(PERSON)
[ C ]成长发育特别者（尤指孩子）
someone, especially a child, whose physical or mental development can be described in a particular way
Tom was a late/slow developer. 汤姆发育较晚／迟缓。