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

• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• 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。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• 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 invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。
• 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？