• n. 凹痕；削弱；減少；齒
• vi. 產(chǎn)生凹陷；凹進(jìn)去；削減
• vt. 削弱；使產(chǎn)生凹痕
• n. (Dent)人名；(英、葡)登特

來自dint的拼寫變體，敲打，擬聲詞。

dent

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.

委員會(huì)幾乎還沒有在這個(gè)問題上取得任何進(jìn)展。

來自柯林斯例句

2. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.

車上出現(xiàn)了一處以前沒有的凹痕。

來自柯林斯例句

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，但我的汽車后部有了一個(gè)凹痕。

來自辭典例句

4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.

我的汽車頂讓石頭砸了個(gè)坑.

來自辭典例句

5. I haven't even made a dent in this job.

我這工作沒有取得進(jìn)展.

來自辭典例句