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

• 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？
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
  有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。
• 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 invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• 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。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• 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。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。