dent
英 [dent]
美 [dent]
v. 使凹陷; 使产生凹痕; 损害，伤害，挫伤(信心、名誉等)
n. 凹痕; 凹坑; 凹部
过去分词：dented 复数：dents 过去式：dented 现在分词：denting 第三人称单数：dents
Collins.1 / BNC.11467 / COCA.9610
同义词辨析
impressiondentmark【导航词义：痕迹】
impressionn. 压痕，印记
〔辨析〕
指按压某一柔软表面所留下的痕迹。
〔例证〕
the impression of a foot
一只脚印
A fallen tree has left a clear impression in the hardening mud.
一棵倒下的树在坚硬的泥地上留下了清晰的压痕。
一只脚印
A fallen tree has left a clear impression in the hardening mud.
一棵倒下的树在坚硬的泥地上留下了清晰的压痕。
dentn. 凹痕，凹坑
〔辨析〕
指因碰撞而在某物表面造成的凹陷痕迹。
〔例证〕
There is a dent in my car.
我汽车上有个凹痕。
Did you see that large dent in the door?
你看见门上那一大块凹坑了吗？
我汽车上有个凹痕。
Did you see that large dent in the door?
你看见门上那一大块凹坑了吗？
markn. 痕迹
〔辨析〕
指割痕、孔洞或其他细小的损坏痕迹。
〔例证〕
There is a bite mark on the apple.
那个苹果上有咬过的痕迹。
She wanted to know why there were several scratch marks on his body.
她想知道为什么他的身上有几道抓痕。
那个苹果上有咬过的痕迹。
She wanted to know why there were several scratch marks on his body.
她想知道为什么他的身上有几道抓痕。
习惯用语
n.
- make, etc. a dent in sth
- 减少，削减（尤指资金）
to reduce the amount of sth, especially money - The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances.
律师费将耗去我们一部分资金。
牛津词典
verb
- 使凹陷；使产生凹痕
to make a hollow place in a hard surface, usually by hitting it- The back of the car was badly dented in the collision.
汽车尾部被撞后严重凹陷。
- The back of the car was badly dented in the collision.
- 损害，伤害，挫伤（信心、名誉等）
to damage sb's confidence, reputation, etc.- It seemed that nothing could dent his confidence.
似乎任何事情都不会使他的信心受挫。
- It seemed that nothing could dent his confidence.
noun
- 凹痕；凹坑；凹部
a hollow place in a hard surface, usually caused by sth hitting it- a large dent in the car door
车门上一大块凹陷
- a large dent in the car door
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使凹陷;使产生凹痕
If youdentthe surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.- A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。 - Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。
- A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
- N-COUNT 凹痕;凹坑
Adentis a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.- 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。
- There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
- VERB 削减;削弱;损害
If somethingdentsyour ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.- This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。 - After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。
- This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
- N-COUNT 削减;削弱
If one thing makes adent inanother, it reduces it by a large amount.- 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。 - I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。
- The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
英英释义
noun
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- it made a dent in my bank account
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
verb
- make a depression into
- The bicycle dented my car
双语例句
- I noticed a small dent in my car.
我注意到我的车上有个凹痕。 - I found a dent in the left wing of your car.
我看见你车左侧的翼子板上有块凹痕。 - The front of the car has a dent in it.
小汽车的前面有一个凹痕。 - After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。 - Tax increases this year have put a huge dent in the company's profits.
今年的增税使公司利润大为减少。 - I can do those things because I'm not a hero, unlike Dent.
我不像丹特那样是个英雄，所以我可以承受所有的罪。 - I'm sorry about the dent in your car.
很抱歉给你的车弄上了凹痕。 - 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。 - Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。 - It cast a shadow over Arthur Dent's house.
它也将阴影投向阿瑟。登特的房子。