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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   invention

   • IPA[inˈvenSHən]

   美式

   • 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
   • 相關詞

   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

   Invention of the Cross

   • n.
     a festival, held on 3 May (Holy Rood Day), commemorating the reputed finding of the Cross of ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   necessity is the mother of invention

   • ph.
     when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting or ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   necessity is the mother of invention

   • ph.
     when the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   invention

   • IPA[ɪnˈvɛnʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     the action of inventing something, typically a process or device: the invention of printing in the 15th century

   Oxford Dictionary