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1 invent
/in'vent/ * ngoại động từ - phát minh, sáng chế - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hư cấu; sáng tác (truyện) - bịa đặt (chuyện...) -
2 stroke
/strouk/ * danh từ - cú, cú đánh, đòn =to receive 20 strokes+ bị đòn =stroke of sword+ một nhát gươm =killed by a stroke of lightning+ bị sét đánh chết =finishing stroke+ đòn kết liễu - (y học) đột quỵ =a stroke of apoplexy+ đột quỵ ngập máu - sự cố gắng =he has not done a stroke of work+ nó không gắng làm một tí việc gì cả =to row a fast stroke+ chèo nhanh - nước bài, nước đi, "cú", "miếng", "đòn" ; sự thành công lớn =to invent a new stroke in cricket+ phát minh ra một "cú" mới cong crickê =a stroke of genius+ một ý kiến độc đáo =a stroke of business+ sự buôn may bán lời; một món phát tài =a stroke of luck+ dịp may bất ngờ - lối bơi, kiểu bơi - nét (bút) =up stroke+ nép lên =down stroke+ nét xuống =to portray with a few strokes+ vẽ bằng một vài nét =I could do it with a stroke of the pen+ tôi chỉ gạch một nét bút là xong việc ấy =finishing strokes+ những nét sửa sang cuối cùng, những nét trau chuốt cuối cùng - tiếng chuông đồng hồ =it is on the stroke of nine+ đồng hồ đánh chín giờ =to arrive on the stroke [of time]+ đến đúng giờ - tiếng đập của trái tim - người đứng lái làm chịch (ở cuối thuyền) ((cũng) stroke oar (hiếm)) - cái vuốt ve; sự vuốt ve * ngoại động từ - đứng lái (để làm chịch) - vuốt ve !to stroke somebody down - làm ai nguôi giận !to stroke somebody ['s hair] the wrong way - làm ai phát cáu
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Invent — In*vent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inventing}.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See {Come}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To come or light … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
invent — 1 *contrive, devise, frame, concoct Analogous words: initiate, inaugurate (see BEGIN): institute, *found, establish 2 Invent, create, discover are comparable terms frequently confused in the sense of to bring into being something new. Invent (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
invent — in‧vent [ɪnˈvent] verb [transitive] 1. to make, design or produce something new or a new way of doing something: • Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. • Mr. Monaghan virtually invented the modern pizza delivery business when he founded… … Financial and business terms
invent — in·vent vt: to create or produce for the first time in·ven·tor n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. invent … Law dictionary
invent — [v1] create, think up ad lib, author, bear, bring into being, coin, come upon, come up with, compose, conceive, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, discover, dream up, envision, execute, fake, fashion, find, forge, form, formulate, frame, hatch,… … New thesaurus
invent — [in vent′] vt. [ME inventen < L inventus, pp. of invenire, to come upon, meet with, discover < in , in, on + venire, to COME] 1. to think up; devise or fabricate in the mind [to invent excuses] 2. to think out or produce (a new device,… … English World dictionary
invent — (v.) late 15c., find, discover, a back formation from invention or else from L. inventus, pp. of invenire “to come upon; devise, discover” (see INVENTION (Cf. invention)). Meaning make up, think up is from 1530s, as is that of produce by… … Etymology dictionary
invent — ► VERB 1) create or design (a new device, process, etc.). 2) make up (a false story, name, etc.). DERIVATIVES inventor noun. ORIGIN Latin invenire contrive, discover … English terms dictionary
invent */*/ — UK [ɪnˈvent] / US verb [transitive] Word forms invent : present tense I/you/we/they invent he/she/it invents present participle inventing past tense invented past participle invented Collocations: If you are the first person to make a new type of … English dictionary
invent — inventible, inventable, adj. /in vent /, v.t. 1. to originate or create as a product of one s own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph. 2. to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story. 3. to make up… … Universalium
invent — [[t]ɪnve̱nt[/t]] invents, inventing, invented 1) VERB If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. [V n] He invented the first electric clock... [V n] Writing had not been invented as… … English dictionary
