1. Tin dents more easily than steel.
    锡比钢容易变瘪。

1. 凹痕：还预计到当时的风向(强烈阵风)会让那些没头没脑的文明呆子,在下车开车门的刹那,gust 由后往前吹时,车门就会以张满帆的速度强烈的猛撞上您的爱车,轻则造成难看的凹痕(dent),重则刮伤(scratch)车身并露出底漆,

2. 凹陷：我是新手:L在停车场把别人的车刮伤了,把前保险杠上刮掉了些漆,没有凹陷(dent)是表面伤. 我在对方车上留了一个sticker写非常抱歉并留下了我的名字和电话. 真的觉得很抱歉......一天加一整晚都没有接到车主的电话,我就纳闷,

3. 牙：不重要的--三姑六婆所关心的事 virose 有毒的--六朵玫瑰,有毒的玫瑰 virus 病毒--六朵(vi)美国(us)的花(r) evident 明显的--六(vi)颗牙(dent)都露出来(e)了->明显的;

4. 压痕：angular offset 角度偏差 | dent 压痕 | scratch 刮伤

1. 使凹陷;使产生凹痕
    If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.

    e.g. A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left-front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the rim...
           我车子的左前轮撞在一大块松动的路缘石上，导致车胎爆裂、轮辋凹陷。
    e.g. Its brass feet dented the carpet''s thick pile.
           其黄铜支脚把厚绒地毯压出了印。

2. 凹痕;凹坑
    A dent is a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.

    e.g. There was a dent in the car which hadn''t been there before.
           车上出现了一处以前没有的凹痕。

3. 削减;削弱;损害
    If something dents your ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.

    e.g. This has not dented the City''s enthusiasm for the company.
           这并没有减弱伦敦金融界对这个公司的热情。
    e.g. After a while that sort of thing dents your confidence.
           那种事情过上一段时间就会挫伤信心。

4. 削减;削弱
    If one thing makes a dent in another, it reduces it by a large amount.

    e.g. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem...
           委员会几乎还没有在这个问题上取得任何进展。
    e.g. I hated to put any dents in his enthusiasm, but I was trying to be realistic.
           我不想打击他的热情，只是试图现实一些。

1. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

    Synonym: dinggougenick

2. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

    e.g. it made a dent in my bank account

3. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

    Synonym: incisionscratchprickslit

1. make a depression into

    e.g. The bicycle dented my car

    Synonym: indent