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1. Oxford Dictionary

   invention

   • IPA[ɪnˈvɛnʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     the action of inventing something, typically a process or device；something, typically a process or device, that has been invented

   • noun: invention, plural noun: inventions

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device the invention of printing in the 15th century 同義詞 origination, creation, innovation, devising, contriving, ... 更多contrivance, formulation, development, design, conception, masterminding, pioneering, introduction, discovery, finding
   • ▪ something, typically a process or device, that has been invented medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel 同義詞 innovation, origination, creation, design, contraption, ... 更多contrivance, construction, device, gadget, apparatus, machine, discovery, coinage, informalbrainchild, gizmo, widget
   • ▪ creative ability his powers of invention were rather limited 同義詞 inventiveness, originality, creativity, creativeness, imagination, ... 更多imaginativeness, inspiration, ingenuity, ingeniousness, resourcefulness, initiative, enterprise, genius, brilliance, vision
   • ▪ something fabricated or made up you know my story is an invention 同義詞 fabrication, concoction, fiction, piece of fiction, yarn, ... 更多story, tale, figment of one's imagination, lie, untruth, falsehood, fib, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact, myth, fantasy, informaltall story, fairy story, fairy tale, cock and bull story, red herring, kidology
   • ▪ used as a title for a short piece of music Bach's two-part Inventions