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

• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• 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。
• 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？
• Have time machines been invented?
  时光机，你发明了么？
• 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。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
  有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。
• He invented the first electric clock
  他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
• 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。
• I invented it for you.
  我是为你而发明的。