invent/Inˋvɛnt; Inˈvent/v [T]1 to make or design a new type of thing 发明﹐创造: Alexander Bell invented the telephone. 亚历山大∙贝尔发明了电话。2 to think of an idea or story that is not true, usually in order to deceive someone 捏造﹐编造〔观点或事情﹐常为欺骗他人〕: You’ll have to invent a better excuse! 你找借口也得编个好一点的呀!
inventinventinventsinventedinventingverb (invents, inventing, invented)1to make or think of something for the first time: Who invented the bicycle?2to say something that is not true: I realized that he had invented the whole story.▶ inventorinventorinventorsnoun: Marconi was the inventor of the radio.