dense

英 [dens] 美 [dens]

• adj. 密集的；稠密的；浓密的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 密集的,稠密的,浓密的

   closely packed or crowded together

2. 密度大的

   difficult to see through

3. 愚笨的

   stupid

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 密集的，稠密的，紧密的，密实的，茂密的
2. 密度大的
3. 浓密的，浓厚的， 厚密的，浓重的，难于透过的
4. 愚钝的，愚笨的，迟钝的，笨拙的
5. 难理解的，难懂的
6. 【摄】高密度的
7. 十足的，极度的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

   "dense smoke"
   "heavy fog"
   "impenetrable gloom"
   

2. hard to pass through because of dense growth;

   "dense vegetation"
   "thick woods"
   

3. having high relative density or specific gravity;

   "dense as lead"
   

4. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
   "never met anyone quite so dim"
   "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
   "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
   "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
   "worked with the slow students"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. My hometown is a large city with a dense population.
   :我的家乡是个人口密集的大城市。
2. Books with dense print can be difficult to read.
   印得密密麻麻的书阅读起来很困难。
3. A dense mass of black hair framed his face.
   浓密的黑发衬托着他的面庞。
4. They hewed their way through the dense jungle.
   他们在浓密的丛林里开辟出一条路来。
5. Dense fog is covering roads in the north and visibility is very poor.
   浓雾笼罩了北部的公路，能见度很低。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. We entered a dense forest.
   我们进入一片浓密的森林。
2. Some dense substances allow electricity to flow through them freely.
   有些密度大的物质容易让电流通过。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The fog was very dense.
   雾很浓。
2. He is so dense, he'll never understand your message.
   他很笨,绝不会理解你的意思。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. The corridor was dense with people.
   走廊里挤满了人。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. The crowd is so dense that we could hardly move.
   人群拥挤得令我们移不开步。

经典引文

• It pervades all bodies, dense as well as rare.

  出自： R. J. Sullivan

• A dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in.

  出自： H. Keller

• Seawater that has lost its heat in melting icebergs is very dense and plunges to the very bottom of the ocean.

  出自： F. Hoyle

词汇搭配

• dense structure 致密结构
• dense aggregate 密实骨料
• dense medium 重悬浮液
• dense product 密致制品
• dense body 致密体
• dense negative 深底片
• dense annulus 致密环
• dense fog 浓雾
• dense smoke 浓烟
• dense charge 紧密炉料
• dense layer 密集层
• dense set 稠集
• dense bronze 密致青铜
• dense wood 密纹木材,紧密木材...
• dense concrete 密实混凝土
• dense phase 密相
• dense powder 致密粉末,浓缩药...

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

dense, thick

• 这两个词意思基本相同,但有细微差别:thick是日常用语,用得略微广泛些,可形容牛奶、粥、油漆、雾、森林、树叶、毛发等表示其黑暗、浓、稠、密、深等; 但在特指空气的变化或状态时多用dense, dense也常用于比喻,指“头脑顽固”的本性或“根深蒂固”的特点。例如:
• The peaks were veiled in thick mist.浓雾笼罩着群峰。
• He is a dense fellow, just like a donkey.他是一个头脑顽固的家伙,就像一头驴。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自希腊语的dasus，意为浓厚的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• close
• compact
• solid
• thick

【反义词】

• bright
• light
• scattered
• thin