invent

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vt. 发明, 创作, 虚构 [机] 发明

发音

US /ɪnˈvɛnt/

词形变化

invented inventeth inventing invents 三单 invents inventing 现在分词 invented 过去式 invented 过去分词 inventest inventedst 过去式 inventeth 三单 invented 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

发明；创造；虚构

to make, design, or think of a new type of thing

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

亚历山大 · 格雷厄姆 · 贝尔于1876年发明了电话。

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To design a new process or mechanism.

    发明

    After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.

  2. 2.

    To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

    I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.

    We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.

  3. 3.

    To come upon; to find; to discover.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

makeup forge manufacture devise vamp fabricate formulate contrive cook up excogitate

上位词 5

hatch concoct dream up think of think up

下位词 6

spin concoct confabulate mythologise mythologize trump up

词源

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).

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