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

• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• They hadn't invented sequencers back in those days, had they?
  那时他们还没有发明出测序仪，是吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• Before silos were invented, cows gave less milk during winter because they had no green grass to eat.
  筒仓发明前，因为没有青草可以吃，奶牛在冬天产奶量减少。
• He is said to have invented the sport of celebrity-watching.
  据说是他发明了观赏名人这项活动。
• He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
  为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。