flattening

英 [ˈflætnɪŋ]

美 [ˈflætnɪŋ]

v.  (使)变平; 把…弄平; 摧毁，推倒，弄倒(建筑物、树木等); 轻易击败
flatten的现在分词

现在分词：flattening　复数：flattenings　

COCA.36657

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变平;把…弄平
  If youflattensomething or if itflattens, it becomes flat or flatter.
  1. He carefully flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book...
     他小心翼翼地把包装纸弄平，夹在书页里。
  2. The dog's ears flattened slightly as Cook spoke his name.
     库克叫这只狗的名字时，它的耳朵就会稍稍耷拉一下。
  3. ...the pitiful shacks built of cardboard boxes, corrugated iron sheets and flattened oil drums.
     用硬纸盒、波纹铁皮和压扁的油桶搭起来的简陋棚屋
  4. Flatten outmeans the same asflatten.
     flatten out 同 flatten
  5. The hills flattened out just south of the mountain...
     丘陵就在大山以南变得平坦起来。
  6. We now think prices will flatten out towards the end of this year...
     我们现在认为到今年年底价格会趋于平稳。
  7. Peel off the blackened skin, flatten the pepper out and trim it into edible pieces.
     把发黑的皮削掉，把甜椒压扁，切成可以入口的小块。
• VERB 摧毁，弄倒，夷平(建筑、城镇或植物)
  Toflattensomething such as a building, town, or plant means to destroy it by knocking it down or crushing it.
  1. ...explosives capable of flattening a five-storey building.
     能将一幢 5 层高的楼房夷为平地的炸药
  2. ...bombing raids flattened much of the area.
     空袭将这个地区的大部分都夷为了平地
  3. ...areas of flattened corn.
     玉米割倒了的地方
• VERB 使紧贴;使贴着(以免挡路或被看见)
  If youflattenyourself againstsomething, you press yourself flat against it, for example to avoid getting in the way or being seen.
  1. He flattened himself against a brick wall as I passed.
     他紧贴一面砖墙站着好让我通过。
• VERB 揍倒;打倒
  If youflattensomeone, you make them fall over by hitting them violently.
  1. 'I've never seen a woman flatten someone like that,' said a crew member. 'She knocked him out cold.'
     “我从没见过一个女人那样把人打趴下，”一位机组人员说，“她把他完全打昏了。”
• VERB (在争斗、竞赛或辩论中)击败，打败，战胜
  If youflattensomeone in a fight, contest, or argument, you defeat them completely.
  1. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me...
     在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。
  2. A large percentage of these forces had been flattened by the assault.
     这些部队大部分都已经在这次进攻中被击溃。

双语例句

• But this technological flattening is potentially liberating too.
  但是这种技术带来的扁平化也可能将人解放出来。
• The Earth dynamical flattening plays an important role in the computations of nutation theory.
  地球动力学扁率在章动理论的计算中也是一个重要的物理量。
• Flattening or elongating a part of a character's body as it moves helps you convey the nature and composition of the character.
  压扁或伸长的一部分，一个人物的身体，因为它的动作可以帮助你转达的性质和成分的性质。
• Chemical-Mechanical Polish ( CMP)-A process of flattening and polishing wafers that utilizes both chemical removal and mechanical buffing.
  化学-机械抛光（CMP）-平整和抛光晶圆片的工艺，采用化学移除和机械抛光两种方式。
• The quake leveled entire towns, flattening the simple adobe, brick structures and leaving nothing but rubble.
  地震夷平了整个城镇，摧毁了简易土坯房和砖结筑，在受灾区只留下一片废墟。
• Pressing: Flattening folded sections before binding.
  压平：装订前，把折叠的书贴压实平服的操作。
• The earth is an oblate spheroid because of the flattening that results from its rotation, as I have depicted using MATLAB.
  地球是一个球体，因为扁的扁平化，从它旋转的结果，我所说用MATLAB。
• A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops.
  暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。
• The flattening of Barack Obama's complex racial background shouldn't have been surprising.
  奥巴马复杂的扁平式的种族背景并不令人感到意外，许多多种族混合的历史人物带有种族特征的某方面都有所减少，或自行消失了。
• In an increasingly flattening world, brought to us by online logistics aspects of the value is more.
  在这个日益变平的世界上，网上物流给我们带来的是更多层面的价值。