invent

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
    — After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
    — I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
  3. To come upon; to find; to discover. obsolete
    — Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
fangle
衍生词
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相关词
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词源

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
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