Dent
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n. 凹痕，凹部;齒;減少，削弱;[名]登特;
vt. 使產生凹痕;削弱;打擊，破壞;產生不好的影響;
vi. 出現凹痕;產生凹陷;凹進去;削減;
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The doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.
醫生讓他停止抽煙，但沒有引起注意。
Beat out a dent
敲掉凹痕
There was a dent in the carpet where the lamp had stood.
地毯上放過落地燈的地方有個凹痕。
Recently it makes a sizable dent in this prediction.
這一預言最近有了很大進展。
I haven't even made a dent in this job.
我這工作沒有取得進展。
?? 聯想助記
【串】dentist(牙醫)就是把dental(牙齒)dent(凹洞)補起來的人
【記】dental-牙齒,dent-凹陷:牙咬的地方一定有凹陷
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-dent-表示“牙齒”
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dent
n
1 (also dint) hollow place in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure 凹陷; 凹部; 凹痕
a dent in the boot of my car 我的汽車行李箱上的凹痕.
2 (idm 習語) (make) a dent in sth (infml 口) (cause) a reduction in sth 減少; 削減; 削弱
a dent in one's pride 自尊心的挫傷
The repairs made a dent in our funds, ie cost us a lot. 這次修理用去了我們很多錢. dent, v
(a) [Tn] make a dent or dents in (sth) 在（某物）上造成凹痕
The back of the car was badly dented in a collision. 這輛汽車後部在碰撞中造成很大的凹陷.
(b) [I] get a dent or dents 出現凹痕
a metal that dents easily 容易出現凹痕的金屬.
?? 擴展釋義
*[dent]n. 凹痕vt. 使凹下, 削弱vi. 塌陷【化】 凹痕; 凹陷相關詞組: make a dent in...
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Eight-six. Big boy!
八磅六。是個大嬰兒！
Then,I shave,brush my teeth and comb my hair.
然后，我刮胡子，刷牙并梳頭。
A man was walking through a wood and he came across a woodcutter.
一個人正步行穿過一片樹林，他遇見一個伐木工人。