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語源 1

From 中期英語 dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from 古期英語 dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

名詞

dent (plural dents)

1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

   The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.

2. (figurative) A minor effect made upon something.

   to make a dent

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 392:

     "Case Of You" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent.

   • 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:

     The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: an era of vast quantities, deep specificity, and breakneck speed, where few individual artifacts, artworks, or conventions leave a dent in society or bend the curve of history.

3. A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
4. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

   That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.

   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.

派生語

動詞

dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)

1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

   Copper is soft and dents easily.

派生語

語源 2

From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.

名詞

dent (plural dents)

1. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed.
   • 2026, Shelby Moravec, “Flight of the Dragonflies Scarf”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 28:

     Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.

アナグラム

• 'tend, tend

動詞

dent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of dō, "they may give"