dent

dent

英 [dent]
　　美 [dɛnt]

n. 凹痕；削弱；減少；齒
　　vi. 產生凹陷；凹進去；削減
　　vt. 削弱；使產生凹痕
　　n. (Dent)人名；(英、葡)登特

中文詞源：

dent 凹痕

來自dint的拼寫變體，敲打，擬聲詞。

例句：

1. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
委員會幾乎還沒有在這個問題上取得任何進展。

2. There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
車上出現瞭一處以前沒有的凹痕。

3. I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.
我不知道是怎麼回事，但我的汽車後部有瞭一個凹痕。

4. The stone made a dent in the roof of my car.
我的汽車頂讓石頭砸瞭個坑.

5. I haven't even made a dent in this job.
我這工作沒有取得進展.