| 单词 | indentation |
| 释义 | indentation (once / 7074 pages) 1n 2n An indentation is a notch, cut, or dent in something. If you take a hammer to a piece of metal, you will make a series of indentations. The dent in indentation shares a root with your dentist, and an indentation is basically like a tooth mark. Except some "teeth" are larger than others — a meteorite leaves a huge indentation in the ground, just as a sharp pencil could make a tiny indentation in your finger. You can talk about conceptual indentation, too. Loving the novel Anna Karenina might make an indentation in your general aversion to reading. It’s that’s good. WORD FAMILYindentation: indentations+/indent: indentation, indented, indenting, indents, indenture/indenture: indentured, indentures, indenturing USAGE EXAMPLESThe trenches mechanically displaced tons of desert sandstone across a natural indentation in the mesa. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) “There was a big indentation on that Bible. I don’t know if it was shrapnel or a bullet or what. I never did find out.” Washington Times(Nov 12, 2016) Gently press one side of each slice with the back of a floured fork, to leave an indentation, and place on a floured baking tray. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) 1 n the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line 2Syn|Hyper indent, indention, indenture blank space, place, space a blank area 1n the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions Hyper change of shape an action that changes the shape of something 2n a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) Syn|Hypo|Hyper indenture notch a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface notcha V-shaped indentation clefta split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) serrationa single notch in a row of notches thumb indexone of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections undercuta notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall incisura, incisure(anatomy) a notch or small hollow concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 3n the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion Syn|Hyper pitting, roughness corroding, corrosion, erosion erosion by chemical action |
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