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

• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• Edison invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。
• Writing had not been invented as yet.
  书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• She invented false news.
  她捏造了假消息。
• 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。
• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• He invented the first electric clock
  他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
• I invented it for you.
  我是为你而发明的。
• 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 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。