invented

英 [ɪnˈventɪd]

美 [ɪnˈventɪd]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的过去分词和过去式

过去式：invented　过去分词：invented　

BNC.33795 / COCA.25212

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发明;创造;首创
  If youinventsomething such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.
  1. He invented the first electric clock...
     他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
  2. Writing had not been invented as yet.
     书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• VERB 编造;捏造;虚构
  If youinventa story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
  1. I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
     我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

双语例句

• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• Among such curves are the quadratrix invented by hippias.
  在这样的曲线中有希皮阿斯发明的割圆曲线。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• Have time machines been invented?
  时光机，你发明了么？
• I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details
  我开始讲那则寓言，并编造了些对话，加了些细节对其进行润色。
• Sony and Philips invented CD-ROM technology and sold the first players.
  索尼和飞利浦发明了CD-ROM技术并销售了首批播放器。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• Gilbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the light bulb.
  吉伯特发现了电，而爱迪生发明了灯泡。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。