英语词汇“dense”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1adj 2adj 3adj

When woods are dense, the trees grow close together. When fog is dense, you can't see through it. And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull.

Dense comes from the Latin densus which means thick and cloudy. In general, the word means packed tight and gives the sense that something is difficult to get through. Text can be dense in two different ways: when the words are packed closely together on the page, and when the text is filled with big words and complicated thoughts. Either way, reading dense text is just no fun.

WORD FAMILY

dense: densely, denseness, denser, densest, densification, density+/density: densities

USAGE EXAMPLES

Dense fog is expected to develop by early Monday evening.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

It’s as dense in nihilism as Schoolboy Q’s past work, but with a difference — the sliver of light.

Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)

Many galaxies of stars form spirals, where relatively few stars in the outer arms orbit around a dense mass of stars at the centre.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

1adj having high relative density or specific gravity

dense as lead

Syn

heavy

of comparatively great physical weight or density

2adj permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

dense smoke

Syn

heavy, impenetrable
thick

relatively dense in consistency

adj hard to pass through because of dense growth

dense vegetation

Syn

thick
impenetrable

not admitting of penetration or passage into or through

adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

so dense he never understands anything I say to him

Syn

dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
stupid

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

单词	dense
释义	dense (once / 255 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj When woods are dense, the trees grow close together. When fog is dense, you can't see through it. And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull. Dense comes from the Latin densus which means thick and cloudy. In general, the word means packed tight and gives the sense that something is difficult to get through. Text can be dense in two different ways: when the words are packed closely together on the page, and when the text is filled with big words and complicated thoughts. Either way, reading dense text is just no fun. WORD FAMILY dense: densely, denseness, denser, densest, densification, density+/density: densities USAGE EXAMPLES Dense fog is expected to develop by early Monday evening. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It’s as dense in nihilism as Schoolboy Q’s past work, but with a difference — the sliver of light. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Many galaxies of stars form spirals, where relatively few stars in the outer arms orbit around a dense mass of stars at the centre. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj having high relative density or specific gravity dense as lead Syn heavy of comparatively great physical weight or density 2adj permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter dense smoke Syn heavy, impenetrable thick relatively dense in consistency 2 adj hard to pass through because of dense growth dense vegetation Syn thick impenetrable not admitting of penetration or passage into or through 3 adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity so dense he never understands anything I say to him Syn dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
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