| 单词 | invention |
| 释义 | invention (once / 249 pages) n If you create a new device or process, it's called an invention. Many futuristic inventions from science fiction have come true, though no one has successfully invented a time machine. The act of inventing something is also referred to as invention. Your invention of an amazing new cookie might make you the hit of the bake sale. Something imagined or created in your mind can also be called an invention. The story of what happened to your homework may have been a complete invention, but it was probably entertaining for your teacher — especially the part about the alien abduction. WORD FAMILYinvention: inventions+/invent: invented, inventing, invention, inventive, inventor, invents, reinvent/inventive: inventively, inventiveness, inventivest, uninventive/inventor: inventors/reinvent: reinvented, reinventing, reinvents/uninventive: uninventively USAGE EXAMPLESMencken’s timeless wisdom: A martini is “the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Being a businessman in addition to a researcher helped Stella propel his inventions from patents to products. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Official portraiture is about advertising, and therefore about invention. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the act of inventing Hypo|Hyper coinage, neologism, neology the act of inventing a word or phrase contrivance, devisalthe act of devising something creating by mental acts the act of creating something by thinking 2n a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation Syn|Hyper innovation creation an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 3n the creation of something in the mind Syn|Hypo|Hyper conception, design, excogitation, innovation concoction the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose contrivancethe faculty of contriving; inventive skill creative thinking, creativeness, creativity the ability to create |
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