flatten

英 ['flætn] 美 ['flætn]

• vt. 使变平；打倒
• vi. 变平

英英释义

Verb:

1. make flat or flatter;

   "flatten a road"
   "flatten your stomach with these exercises"
   

2. become flat or flatter;

   "The landscape flattened"
   

3. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She used a rolling pin to flatten the pie dough .
   她用擀面棍来擀平做馅饼的面团。
2. The boxer was flattened with one punch.
   那个拳击手被一拳击倒了。
3. He was totally flattened by her sarcasm.
   她说的挖苦话使他无地自容。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The land flattens out near the coast.
   海岸附近地势变得很平坦。
2. The graph flattens out gradually after a steep fall.
   图表上的曲线突降之後逐渐趋於平稳。

经典引文

• Bunter, like a steam-roller, had passed over everything, flattening out all traces of upheaval.

  出自： D. L. Sayers

• Flattening themselves against the side to let..people through.

  出自： F. O

• The water was smoother today as though the dead air were flattening it.

  出自： W. Golding

词汇搭配

• flatten out 变平
• flatten close test 钢管压扁试验,密贴压...
• flatten in 拉进(帆)的后下角使...

近反义词

【近义词】

• level 数量
• smooth 光滑的
• flat 平坦的
• squash 壁球
• fell 砍伐
• crush 压碎
• floor 地面
• plane 飞机
• raze 夷为平地
• ruin 毁灭
• smash 打碎
• demolish 拆毁
• destroy 破坏
• overthrow 推翻
• overcome 战胜
• squelch 发出嘎吱声
• quash 镇压
• deflate 放气
• spread out 伸开
• lie flat 平躺
• even out (使)相等
• compress 压缩
• roll out 铺开
• knock over 撞倒
• knock down 击倒
• poleax 战斧
• poleaxe 战斧
• Ko 击倒
• deck 甲板
• lie 躺下
• spread 传播
• out 出
• make 做
• go 去
• stale 不新鲜的
• become 变成
• flatten out 变平
• drop 落下

【反义词】

• sharpen 使尖锐