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dent n.凹痕；心理阴影；挫伤vt.弄凹vi.形成凹陷 (1) 小汽车的前面有一个凹痕。(2) 我想估计一下修这凹痕要多不少钱？ Car accidents, whether they're serious or just fender benders, often result in dents. If you fall off your bike, you may get a dent in your helmet, and a mishandled package might be delivered to your door full of dents. There's also a figurative kind of dent, a reduction in amount: "You barely made a dent in that oatmeal — aren't you hungry?" Dent comes from Middle English, originally a variation on dint, "a blow dealt in fighting."

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英 [dent] 美 [dent] (1) The front of the car has a dent in it.(2) I'd like an estimate for repairing this dent. A dent is a gouge or hollow that's left in a surface after some kind of blow. If you hit a soup pot with a hammer, it will leave a dent. 1[VERB 动词]使凹陷；使产生凹痕 If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.   [V n]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。dentedWatch out for bargains, but never buy dented cans.留意便宜货，但绝不要买表面凹陷的罐头。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]凹痕；凹坑 A dent is 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。3[VERB 动词]削减；削弱；损害 If something dents your 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.   [V n]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。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]削减；削弱 If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount.   [usu N in n]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。

英语单词	dent
英美音标	英 [dent] 美 [dent]
中文释义	n.凹痕；心理阴影；挫伤 vt.弄凹 vi.形成凹陷
英语例句	(1) The front of the car has a dent in it. (2) I'd like an estimate for repairing this dent.
中文例句	(1) 小汽车的前面有一个凹痕。 (2) 我想估计一下修这凹痕要多不少钱？
vocabulary简明	A dent is a gouge or hollow that's left in a surface after some kind of blow. If you hit a soup pot with a hammer, it will leave a dent.
vocabulary扩展	Car accidents, whether they're serious or just fender benders, often result in dents. If you fall off your bike, you may get a dent in your helmet, and a mishandled package might be delivered to your door full of dents. There's also a figurative kind of dent, a reduction in amount: "You barely made a dent in that oatmeal — aren't you hungry?" Dent comes from Middle English, originally a variation on dint, "a blow dealt in fighting."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使凹陷；使产生凹痕 If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it. [V n] 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。 dented Watch out for bargains, but never buy dented cans. 留意便宜货，但绝不要买表面凹陷的罐头。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]凹痕；凹坑 A dent is 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。 3 [VERB 动词]削减；削弱；损害 If something dents your 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. [V n] 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。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]削减；削弱 If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount. [usu N in n] 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。

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