invent

1. V-T If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. 發明

He invented the first electric clock. 他發明了第一個電動鍾。

2. V-T If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not. 虛搆

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse. 我靜靜地站著，努力想編出一個聽上去可信的借口。