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

• He invented the first electric clock
  他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• 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。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• 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。
• 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。