dent /ˈdɛnt/
凹痕(vt.)使凹下,削弱(vi.)塌陷
Dent n.
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] “That dent of thunder.”
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. --De Quincey.
Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent.
The houses dented with bullets. --Macaulay.
Dent, n. Mach. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
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dent
n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it
made a dent in my bank account"
2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision,
scratch, prick, slit]
3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: gouge,
nick]
v : make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent]