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

• Edison invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• I invented it for you.
  我是为你而发明的。
• 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 this bicycle in1839.
  他在1839年发明了自行车。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。