invention

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something invented. countable,uncountable
    — My new invention will let you alphabetize your matchbook collection in half the usual time.
  2. The act of inventing. countable,uncountable
    — The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
  3. The capacity to invent. countable,uncountable
    — It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
  4. A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions. countable,uncountable
    — I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
  5. The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.

词形变化

inventions plural

词汇关系

近义词
discovery
衍生词
coinvention innovention inventioneer inventionism inventionist Invention of the Cross necessity is the mother of invention preinvention reinvention uninvention
相关词
invent invented inventional inventive inventor reinvent

词源

From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion.
Displaced native Old English orþanc.
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