invents

英 [ɪnˈvents]

美 [ɪnˈvents]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的第三人称单数

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

• Nicola Tesla invents alternating current.
  尼古拉特斯拉发明了交流电。
• SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: You might be wondering how Mister Webre invents the many dances in the ballet.
  雪丽·葛里菲兹：你大概想知道韦布尔先生是如何创造芭蕾舞中的很多舞蹈动作的吧。
• He quotes Rousseau: "The legislator is the mechanic who invents the machine."
  他援引卢梭的话：“立法者是发明机器的机械师。”
• US invents new software which could help trace back lost computers;
  美国发明新“软件”，可找回失窃电脑；
• John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
  1904年的今天，约翰·安布鲁斯·弗莱明发明了真空管。
• 1827-John Walker ( inventor), an English chemist, invents the friction match.
  1827年的今天，英国化学家约翰·沃克尔（发明家）发明了火柴。
• If you you will find that he names the reindeer, invents the sleigh, comes up with the chimney and the bag of toys, etc.
  如果你读过这首诗，你就会发现，是摩尔给驯鹿起的名字，是摩尔发明的雪橇，烟囱以及大包的玩具等等也都是摩尔的杜撰。
• Thomas Edison invents multiplex telegraphy.
  托马斯.爱迪生发明多路复用电报。
• A person who tells or invents fables.
  寓言的讲述者或创造者。
• It walks, talks, thinks, and invents.
  它会走路、讲话、思考、和发明。