dent

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n. 凹痕 vt. 使凹下, 削弱 vi. 塌陷

发音

UK /dɛnt/
其它
US /dɛnt/

词形变化

dents 复数 dented denting dents 三单 dents denting 现在分词 dented 过去式 dented 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

削弱；使产生凹痕

动词

产生凹陷；凹进去；削减

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

    The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.

  2. 2.

    A minor effect made upon something.

    比喻

    to make a dent

  3. 3.

    A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.

  4. 4.

    A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

    非正式 引申义

    That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.

  5. 1.

    A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

    工程
  6. 2.

    A slot or a wire in a reed

    商务 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To impact something, producing a dent.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To develop a dent or dents.

    不及物

    Copper is soft and dents easily.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

nick scratch prick ding slit incision gouge

上位词 10

issue event effect result impression depression outcome consequence defect mar

下位词 3

dig score scotch
动词

同义词 1

indent

上位词 5

turn bend twist flex deform

相关短语

make a dent 引起注意 Dent County dent corn 臼齿形（顶陷）玉米 Dent Blanche put a dent in the universe puts a dent in the universe putting a dent in the universe made a dent making a dent makes a dent scratch-and-dent

词源

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

来源：wiktionary