invents
v. 發明,創造( invent的第三人稱單數 ); 編造
If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.
He invented the first electric clock...
他發明了第一個電動機械鐘。
Writing had not been invented as yet.
書寫體系當時還沒有創造出來。
If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
我站著不動,試圖編個說得過去的藉口。
She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.
她幻想過著各種奇妙的生活,從想入非非中獲得樂趣。
Christopher Sholes, a Milwaukee newspaper editor, invents the typewriter.
克里斯托夫?肖爾斯, 一位密爾沃基的報社編輯, 發明了打字機.
A . B . Strowger invents the telephone switch dial telephone.
史端喬發明自動電話交換系統.
Lee de Forest invents the vacuum tube.
李.德福雷斯特發明電子管.
Do you know who invents the compass?
你知道是誰發明的指南針 嗎 ?