"dent" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 凹痕
• 凹陷

Definition

凹痕是因撞擊或壓力在金屬或塑膠等材料上造成的小凹陷。也可指信心或金錢等方面的減少。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Dent”可用於指實體凹陷，也常用於比喻（如‘put a dent in’意思是有所消減）。描述車輛損壞時很常見。不同於“scratch”（僅表面刮痕）。

Examples

There's a dent in the car door.

車門上有個**凹痕**。

She made a small dent in the metal can with her hand.

她用手把罐子壓出了一個小**凹痕**。

The ball left a dent in the wall.

球在牆上留下了一個**凹痕**。

All those bills really put a dent in my savings.

這些帳單真的讓我的存款**大減**。

I dropped my phone, and now there's a big dent in the corner.

我把手機摔了，角落出現了一個大**凹痕**。

No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get the dent out of the bumper.

不管我們多努力，都沒能修好保險桿上的**凹痕**。