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

• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• He has invented a new way of making silk.
  他发明了制丝的新方法。
• 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。
• He invented the first electric clock
  他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sony and Philips invented CD-ROM technology and sold the first players.
  索尼和飞利浦发明了CD-ROM技术并销售了首批播放器。
• Writing had not been invented as yet.
  书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• Have time machines been invented?
  时光机，你发明了么？
• Edison invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。