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Invention Pound Libra Sense 4819.Invention 英 ɪn'venʃ(ə)N]美 ɪn'vɛnʃən

正面 4819.invention
英 [ɪn'venʃ(ə)n]美 [ɪn'vɛnʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 发明;发明物;虚构;发明才能
例句:
1. The new invention ensures the beer keeps a full, frothy head.这项新发明能保证啤酒始终保持丰富的泡沫。

1. pound 表示货币及重量单位时,与 libra 同义(libra = pound)。2. 英国货币单位的符号£即取自 libra 的第一个字母 L 的艺术体书写形式。3. 而汉语的“镑”,“磅”则来自 pound 的音译。4. 由于 libra 有货币及重量单位之意,由此引申出了“天平座”之意。5. lb. => libra; oz. => ounce(s).6. pound 英镑——镑
invention 发明,创造来自invent,发明,创造。
invention (n.)c. 1400, "devised method of organization," from Old French invencion (13c.) and directly from Latin inventionem (nominative inventio) "faculty of invention; a finding, discovery," noun of action from past participle stem of invenire "devise, discover, find," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning "finding or discovering of something" is early 15c. in English; sense of "thing invented" is first recorded 1510s. Etymological sense preserved in Invention of the Cross, Church festival (May 3) celebrating the reputed finding of the Cross of the Crucifixion by Helena, mother of Constantine, in 326 C.E."

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