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dent的意思

dent
英式音标[dɛnt]
美式英标[dent]

基本解释

n. 凹痕;削弱;减少;齿

vi. 产生凹陷;凹进去;削减

vt. 削弱;使产生凹痕

n. (Dent)人名;(英、葡)登特

中文词源

dent 凹痕

来自dint的拼写变体,敲打,拟声词。

英文词源

dent
dent: see dint
dent (n.)
early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.
dent (v.)
late 14c., from dent (n.). Related: Dented; denting.

实用例句

1. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.
我不知道是怎么回事,但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。
来自辞典例句
4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.
我的汽车顶让石头砸了个坑.
来自辞典例句
5. I haven't even made a dent in this job.
我这工作没有取得进展.
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