| 釋義 |
invent /in'vent; in'vrnt/ vt [VP6A] 1 create or design (sth not existing before): 發(fā)明; 創(chuàng)造: When was the steam engine ~ed? 盤汽機是何時發(fā)明的? Cf 參較 discover, find sth existing before, but unknown. 指發(fā)現(xiàn)早已存在,但不為人們所知的東西。 2 make up, think of: 虛構(gòu); 杜撰: ~ a story/an excuse. 虛構(gòu)一故事(借口)。 inventive /in'ventiv; in'ventiv/ adj able to ~: 有發(fā)明力的; 有創(chuàng)造力的; 有發(fā)明才智的: an ~加 e mind; 有創(chuàng)造力的頭腦; ~卷 powers. 發(fā)明力。 inventor /-ta(r); - 詢/ n person who ~s things. 發(fā)明者。 |