dent

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɛnt/    美 /dɛnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
    — The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
  2. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
  3. A minor effect made upon something. figuratively
    — to make a dent
  4. A slot or a wire in a reed.
    — Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.
  5. A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
  6. A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action broadly,informal
    — That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
动词 v.
  1. To impact something, producing a dent. transitive
  2. To develop a dent or dents. intransitive
    — Copper is soft and dents easily.

词形变化

dents plural dents present,singular,third-person denting participle,present dented participle,past dented past dents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dent corn indent put a dent in the universe scratch-and-dent dedent dentable dentproof

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.
词源 2
From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.
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