dent
英 [dent]
美 [dent]
- n. 凹痕;削弱;减少;齿
- vi. 产生凹陷;凹进去;削减
- vt. 削弱;使产生凹痕
- n. (Dent)人名;(英、葡)登特
将“dent”与“debt”谐音记忆,想象自己欠债(debt)很多,无法全额还款,导致在金钱的借贷凭证上留下一个个坑洞(dent),从而记住“dent”这个单词的含义,即凹陷或坑痕。
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dent 凹痕来自dint的拼写变体,敲打,拟声词。
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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.
- 1. 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。
- 2. 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. I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.
- 我不知道是怎么回事,但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。
- 4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.
- 我的汽车顶让石头砸了个坑.
- 5. I haven't even made a dent in this job.
- 我这工作没有取得进展.