in.ven.tion
n.Abbr. inv.(名词)缩写 inv.
The act or process of inventing:
发明:发明的动作或过程:
例句:
used a technique of her own invention.
用她自己发明的技术
A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation:
发明物:从研究以及实验中发展而来的新的仪器、方法或过程:
例句:
the phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.
留声机是托马斯·爱迪生的发明物
A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.
捏造:内心捏造的东西,特指谎言
Skill in inventing; inventiveness:
发明才能:在发明方面的技巧;创造性:
例句:
.the invention and sweep of the staging.(John Simon)
.舞台演出的创新和大改革.(约翰·西蒙)
Music A short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally.
【音乐】 创意曲:按对位法规则表现一个单一主题的短小乐章
A discovery; a finding.
发现,找到
来源:
Middle English invencioun [scheme, plan]
中古英语 invencioun [规划,计划]
from Old French invencion [a finding out]
源自 古法语 invencion [找出]
from Latin inventiô inventiôn- [inventiveness]
源自 拉丁语 inventiô inventiôn- [创造性]
from inventus [past participle of] invenore [to find] * see invent
源自 inventus [] invenore的过去分词 [找到] *参见 invent
【引伸】
inven.tional
adj.(形容词)