dent
英 [dent]
美 [dɛnt]
- 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.
双语例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句