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    invention查询结果如下:

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    名词复数:inventions 词频:高频常用词
    基本释义/说明:n.发明;虚构;发明物
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    n.
    ①[U]发明;创造;
    the invention of the steam engine
    蒸汽机的发明.
    ②[C]发明物,新发明;
    the numerous inventions of Edison
    爱迪生发明的许多东西.
    a registered invention
    注册过的新发明.
    ③[C]捏造;虚构;
    newspapers that are full of inventions
    充满不实报导的报纸.
    make an invention
    发明;杜撰.
    ④[U]发明才能,创造力;
    Necessity is the mother of invention.
    [谚]需要是发明之母.
    -扩展释义
    n. 【法律专业】
    发明 ,发明物
    The phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.
    留声机是托马斯·爱迪生的发明物
    n.
    1. 发明,创造[U]2. 发明物,创作品[C]3. 创造力,发明才能[U]4. 捏造,虚构[C][U]
    Newspapers stemmed from the invention of the printing press.
    报纸源于印刷机的发明
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    The role of inventor.
    inventrix
    同义词: inventress
    (pejorative) A female that invents.
    One who invents; an inventor.
    One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.
    “A smart thief from Hunan Province who stole data from credit cards and then withdrew money from the accounts has been identified as an inventor.”
    “Despite brave efforts by the respective actors as the unpredictable inventor father and the matriarchal grandmother, no one feels comfortable.”
    “Archytas, the inventor of mechanical science, was a friend and correspondent of Plato.”
    inventress
    同义词: inventrix
    (rare) An inventrix; a female inventor.
    “Now, we regard Minerva as the inventress of arts and sciences.”
    “Opposite Leo Virgo is in her celestial place, bearing ears of corn, inventress of justice, foundress of cities, through which gifts it became possible to know the gods.”
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