inventions

英 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

美 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

n.  发明; 创意; 创造; 虚构; 编造; 虚构的故事
invention的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物
  Aninventionis a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
  1. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
     推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
  2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
     纺车是中国人的发明。
• N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造
  Inventionis the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
  1. More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
     印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。
  2. ...the invention of the telephone.
     电话的发明
• N-VAR 捏造;虚构
  If you refer to someone's account of something as aninvention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
  1. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
     在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
  2. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
     这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。
• N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力
  Inventionis the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
  1. ...his great powers of invention.
     他出色的创造才能

双语例句

• Modern inventions have facilitated housework.
  现代发明使家务操作便利了。
• Their inventions have contributed to the development of electrical engineering.
  他们的发明有助于电气工程学的发展。
• Two other inventions were based on the application of shapers and rack-cutters.
  还有两个其他的发明是基于对牛头刨床和刀具架的应用。
• Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
  诸如此类的科学发明，都大大提高了劳动生产率。
• Federally funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind Google and smartphones.
  联邦政府资助的研究帮扶了谷歌和智能手机背后的发明和创意。
• He is known primarily for his study of fluid dynamics and his aeronautic inventions.
  他主要为他的流体动力学的研究和他的航空发明被认识。
• They also carried back a stream of inventions, including the compass, gunpowder and printing.
  同时，他们也带回了一些发明，包括指南针、火药和印刷术。
• Edison made thousands of inventions.
  他发明了上千的东西。
• The workers gave us a demonstration ( or show-how) of their own inventions.
  工人们为我们演示了他们自己的发明创造。
• This house and my inventions are all I have.
  这座房子和我的发明就是我的全部。