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？
• Writing had not been invented as yet.
  书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• The astronomical clock, invented by the Chinese scientist Su Song over 800 years ago, was the first of its kind in the world. It gave the correct time of the day and night, as well as the sunrise and the sunset.
  中国科学家苏颂800多年前发明的天文钟是世界上最早的天文钟。它能自动报告昼夜时刻和日出、日落等情况。
• Have time machines been invented?
  时光机，你发明了么？
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• He has invented a new way of making silk.
  他发明了制丝的新方法。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• Edison invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。