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dent
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural dents
plural dents
Learner's definition of DENT
[count]
: an area on a surface that is lower than the rest of the surface especially because of being hit or pushed in凹痕；凹坑
- The accident left/made a small dent in the car's fender.那起事故使汽车的挡泥板上留下一个小凹痕。
- a few small dents in the wall墙上的几处小凹坑
make/put a dent
◊ In figurative use, to make a dent (in something) or to put a dent in something is to decrease something slightly or to make it somewhat weaker.（用作比喻）减少，削减，减弱
- We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent. [=nothing we did has had any effect]我们用尽全力解决问题，但似乎没能取得什么效果。
- It's going to take more than a new law to make a dent in the city's drug crime. [=a new law is not enough to decrease the city's drug crime]要减少本市的毒品犯罪，仅靠一部新法律还远远不够。
- The $10,000 payment hardly makes a dent in the amount the company owes.*1万美元的偿付对于这家公司的欠债来说只是杯水车薪。
- a vacation that won't put too big a dent in your wallet [=a vacation that will not cost a lot of money]花销不会很大的假期
2 dent /ˈdɛnt/ verb
dents; dented; denting
2 dent
/ˈdɛnt/
verb
dents; dented; denting
Learner's definition of DENT
1
: to make a dent in (something)使凹陷；使产生凹痕
[+ object]
- I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.很遗憾，我在钉那颗钉子的时候把墙砸出个大坑。
- He dented his (car's) fender in the accident.他在那起事故中撞凹了自己汽车的挡泥板。
- Many of the cans were badly dented.许多罐头都出现了严重凹痕。
[no object]
- Some types of metal dent more easily than others.一些金属比其他金属更容易产生凹痕。
2
[+ object] : to decrease (something) : to make (something) weaker减少；削减；减弱
- The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses.最近一连串的失利挫伤了这个队的信心。
dented; denting; dents
: to form a dent by sinking inward : become dented
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail. Many of the cans were badly dented. Some types of metal dent more easily than others. The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses.
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, short for indenten to make dents in, indent
Noun (2)
French, literally, tooth, from Latin dent-, dens
Combining form
Middle English denti-, from Latin, from dent-, dens tooth — more at tooth
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (1)
1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1703, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of dent was in the 14th century Phrases Containing dent
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