invent
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈvent/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈvent/
verb
A2
to make something new for the first time
Thomas Edison helped invent the light bulb.
托马斯·爱迪生帮助发明了电灯泡。
B1
to make up a story or idea that is not true
He had to invent an excuse for being late.
他不得不编造一个迟到的借口。
translation
发明, 编造
词形变化
3rd Present
invents
Past
invented
Perfect
invented
Progressive
inventing