invent 音标拼音: [ɪnv'ɛnt]
vt . 发明,创造;捏造,虚构
发明,创造;捏造,虚构
invent v 1 :
come up with (
an idea ,
plan ,
explanation ,
theory ,
or principle )
after a mental effort ; "
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light " [
synonym : {
invent }, {
contrive },
{
devise }, {
excogitate }, {
formulate }, {
forge }]
2 :
make up something artificial or untrue [
synonym : {
fabricate },
{
manufacture }, {
cook up }, {
make up }, {
invent }]
Invent \
In *
vent "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Invented };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Inventing }.] [
L .
inventus ,
p .
p .
of invenire to come upon ,
to find ,
invent ;
pref .
in -
in venire to come ,
akin to E .
come :
cf .
F .
inventer .
See {
Come }.]
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1 .
To come or light upon ;
to meet ;
to find . [
Obs .]
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And vowed never to return again ,
Till him alive or dead she did invent . --
Spenser .
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2 .
To discover ,
as by study or inquiry ;
to find out ;
to devise ;
to contrive or produce for the first time ; --
applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode ,
instrument ,
or machine .
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Thus first Necessity invented stools . --
Cowper .
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3 .
To frame by the imagination ;
to fabricate mentally ;
to forge ; --
in a good or a bad sense ;
as ,
to invent the machinery of a poem ;
to invent a falsehood .
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Whate '
er his cruel malice could invent . --
Milton .
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He had invented some circumstances ,
and put the worst possible construction on others . --
Sir W .
Scott .
Syn :
To discover ;
contrive ;
devise ;
frame ;
design ;
fabricate ;
concoct ;
elaborate .
See {
Discover }.
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99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
invent ":
beget ,
break ground ,
break the ice ,
breed ,
bring forth ,
bring into being ,
call into being ,
coin ,
conceit ,
conceive ,
conceptualize ,
concoct ,
contrive ,
cook up ,
counterfeit ,
create ,
design ,
determine ,
develop ,
devise ,
discover ,
dream up ,
engender ,
envision ,
evolve ,
experience imaginatively ,
fabricate ,
fake ,
fancy ,
fantasize ,
fictionalize ,
find ,
find out ,
forge ,
formulate ,
frame ,
fudge ,
generate ,
get ,
give being to ,
give rise to ,
hatch ,
hatch up ,
head ,
head up ,
hit ,
hit upon ,
hoke up ,
hunt down ,
ideate ,
imagine ,
improvise ,
inaugurate ,
initiate ,
innovate ,
introduce ,
introduce new blood ,
lead ,
lead off ,
lead the way ,
locate ,
make do with ,
make innovations ,
make up ,
manufacture ,
mature ,
mint ,
mold ,
neologize ,
neoterize ,
originate ,
pioneer ,
plan ,
precede ,
procreate ,
produce ,
rediscover ,
renew ,
renovate ,
revolutionize ,
run down ,
run to earth ,
shape ,
spawn ,
stand first ,
strike ,
strike out ,
suppose ,
take the initiative ,
take the lead ,
take the plunge ,
think out ,
think up ,
trace ,
trace down ,
track down ,
trump up ,
turn out ,
vamp up
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