dimple

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪm.pəl/    美 /ˈdɪm.pəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small depression or indentation in a surface.
    — The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
  2. A small depression or indentation in a surface.; A small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
    — You have very cute dimples.
  3. A small depression or indentation in a surface.; A small depression, made with a punch on a metal object, as a guide for further drilling.
动词 v.
  1. To form a small indentation in (something). transitive
    — The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
  2. To form a small indentation in (something).; To form a dimple (noun sense 1.1) in one's face by smiling. intransitive,transitive
    — The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
  3. To form a small indentation in (something).; To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. transitive
    — And smiling eddies dimpled o'er the main.

词形变化

dimples plural dimples present,singular,third-person dimpling participle,present dimpled participle,past dimpled past

词汇关系

衍生词
bedimple chin dimple dimplement dimple of Venus dimpleplasty dimply

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-
Proto-Germanic *dumpaz
Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz
Proto-West Germanic *dumpil
Old English *dympel
Middle English dimpel
English dimple
From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumpil, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpaz (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole, pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).
Cognate with German Low German Dümpel, German Tümpel (“pond, pool”). Related also to Old English dyppan (“to dip”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-
Proto-Germanic *dumpaz
Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz
Proto-West Germanic *dumpil
Old English *dympel
Middle English dimpel
English dimple
From Middle English dimpel, dimpil, dympull, from Old English *dympel (“pit, depression”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumpil, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz (“sink-hole, dimple”), from Proto-Germanic *dumpaz (“hole, hollow, pit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, hollow”), equivalent to dialectal dump (“deep hole, pool”) + -le (diminutive suffix).
Cognate with German Low German Dümpel, German Tümpel (“pond, pool”). Related also to Old English dyppan (“to dip”).
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