英语词汇“invent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	invent
释义	in·vent \ə̇nˈvent\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English inventen, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire, from in- in- (II) + venire to come — more at come 1. : to search out or come upon : find, discover < must invent beds for them — Frederick Way > < this polymer was invented in England and is an outgrowth of earlier research — Leonard Maner & Harry Wechsler > 2. : to think up or imagine : concoct mentally : fabricate < his fund of knowledge seemed inexhaustible, for what he didn't know he invented — Alvin Redman > < preparing in his mind the harshest response he could invent — W.F.Davis > 3. : to create or produce for the first time : be the author of : devise, originate < he invented and secured a patent … for a rock-boring machine — B.A.Soule > < if the Semitic letters were not derived from Egypt they must have been invented by the Phoenicians — Edward Clodd > < invented an ingenious kind of ball game — Margaret Bean > < has invented plenty of good tunes of his own — Sigmund Spaeth > 4. obsolete : found, establish, institute, initiate < festival days in old time were invented for recreation — John Northbrooke > Synonyms: see contrive
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