flatten

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make something flat or flatter. transitive
    — As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
  2. To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed. reflexive
    — With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
  3. To knock down or lay low. transitive
    — The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.
  4. To become flat or flatter; to plateau. intransitive
    — Prices have flattened out.
  5. To be knocked down or laid low. intransitive
  6. To lower by a semitone.
  7. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
  8. To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements. transitive
  9. To combine (separate layers) into a single image. transitive

词形变化

flattens present,singular,third-person flattening participle,present flattened participle,past flattened past

词汇关系

衍生词
flattenability flattenable flatten down flattened rice flattener flatten out flatten the curve overflatten unflatten

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *flataz
Old Norse flatrbor.
Middle English flat
English flat
English -en
English flatten
From flat + -en.
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