Wordiyoinvent
🇬🇧 UK/ɪn'vent/🇺🇸 US/in'vent/
NGSL 3kA2
Definitions
v.
To create or design something new; to make up something fictional.
发明，创造；虚构，捏造
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.invent a reason编造理由
- 2.invent the wheel重复发明轮子
Example Sentences
- 1.
Thomas Edison invented the practical light bulb.
- 2.
Thomas Edison invented the practical electric light bulb in 1879.
- 3.
She had to invent an excuse to avoid attending the boring meeting.