dent
英 [dent]
美 [dɛnt]
- n. 凹痕；削弱；減少；齒
- vi. 產生凹陷；凹進去；削減
- vt. 削弱；使產生凹痕
- n. (Dent)人名；(英、葡)登特
中文詞源
dent 凹痕來自dint的拚寫變體，敲打，擬聲詞。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
- 委員會幾乎還沒有在這個問題上取得任何進展。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
- 車上出現了一處以前沒有的凹痕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.
- 我不知道是怎麽回事，但我的汽車後部有了一個凹痕。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.
- 我的汽車頂讓石頭砸了個坑.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I haven't even made a dent in this job.
- 我這工作沒有取得進展.
來自辭典例句