invention
n. 發明; 捏造; 發明才能; 創意
An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
推廣他的新發明一直是件棘手的事情。
The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
紡車是中國人的發明。
Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
印刷機發明以後的 50 年間,有 800 多萬冊圖書被印刷。
...the invention of the telephone.
電話的發明
If you refer to someone's account of something as an invention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
在這些方面和其他幾個方面都存在許多捏造與誇張之處。
The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
這個故事當然特別受歡迎,但它無疑純屬虛構。
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
...his great powers of invention.
他出色的創造才能
1. the creation of something in the mind
2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
3. the act of inventing
This safety invention will eject the pilot from a burning plane.
這個安全裝置會把飛行員從燃燒著的飛機中彈出.
Your invention is clever, but not practical.
你的發明很巧, 但不實用.
It's a most useful invention.
這是一項極其有用的發明.
He is credited with the invention.
那發明該歸功於他.
They demonstrated the new invention to us.
他們向我們演示了他們的新發明.