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。

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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。

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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。

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4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.

我的汽车顶让石头砸了个坑.

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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

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