flatten是什么意思？

flatten

英[ˈflætn] 美[ˈflætn]

• vt.& vi. 变平，使（某物）变平，打倒，击倒，使失去光泽；

第三人称单数：flattens;

过去式：flattened;

过去分词：flattened;

现在分词：flattening;

例句

• to flatten a rough surface 把凹凸不平的表面弄平
• Lightly press with hazelnuts or cashew nuts to flatten the cookies. 用榛子或腰果轻轻压平饼干.
• Peel off the blackened skin, flatten the pepper out and trim it into edible pieces. 把发黑的皮削掉，把甜椒压扁，切成可以入口的小块。
• Flatten the dough with a press of the hand. 用手把生面团压平.
• The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking. 曲奇烤时会略微变平。
• In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me. 在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。
• In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me... 在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。
• 'I've never seen a woman flatten someone like that,' said a crew member. 'She knocked him out cold.' “我从没见过一个女人那样把人打趴下，”一位机组人员说，“她把他完全打昏了。”

同义词

• v.
  flatten的同义词之：使平
  flat, lie, spread, level, smooth, out, make, plane,
  flatten的同义词之：变平
  go, flat, stale, become,
  flatten的同义词之：摧毁
  squash, raze, fell, smash, ruin, overthrow, overcome, demolish, destroy, crush, floor, squelch, quash, deflate,

词组

• flatten out
  (of an increasing quantity or rate) show a less marked rise; slow down （上涨数量或速度）减缓 make an aircraft fly horizontally after a dive or climb （让飞机）改平

英语六级真题

If such an earthquake happened today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley.
出自-2010年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)变平;把…弄平
  If you flatten something or if it flattens, it becomes flat or flatter.
  例句
  He carefully flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book... 他小心翼翼地把包装纸弄平，夹在书页里。 The dog's ears flattened slightly as Cook spoke his name. 库克叫这只狗的名字时，它的耳朵就会稍稍耷拉一下。
• VERB
  摧毁，弄倒，夷平(建筑、城镇或植物)
  To flatten something such as a building, town, or plant means to destroy it by knocking it down or crushing it.
  例句
  ...explosives capable of flattening a five-storey building. 能将一幢 5 层高的楼房夷为平地的炸药 ...bombing raids flattened much of the area. 空袭将这个地区的大部分都夷为了平地
• VERB
  使紧贴;使贴着(以免挡路或被看见)
  If you flatten yourself against something, you press yourself flat against it, for example to avoid getting in the way or being seen.
  例句
  He flattened himself against a brick wall as I passed. 他紧贴一面砖墙站着好让我通过。
• VERB
  揍倒;打倒
  If you flatten someone, you make them fall over by hitting them violently.
  例句
  'I've never seen a woman flatten someone like that,' said a crew member. 'She knocked him out cold.' “我从没见过一个女人那样把人打趴下，”一位机组人员说，“她把他完全打昏了。”
• VERB
  (在争斗、竞赛或辩论中)击败，打败，战胜
  If you flatten someone in a fight, contest, or argument, you defeat them completely.
  例句
  In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me... 在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。 A large percentage of these forces had been flattened by the assault. 这些部队大部分都已经在这次进攻中被击溃。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  变平;使(某物)变平
  to flatten a rough surface 把凹凸不平的表面弄平 The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in. 风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋。 They flattened the flowers. 他们把花压扁了。 Flatten the dough with a press of the hand. 用手把生面团压平。
• vt.
  彻底打败某人,使丢脸
  He flattened his opponent. 他击倒了敌手。
  (把身体或身体部位)紧贴…，平贴…
  She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。 I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。
  (道路、土地等) 逐渐变平
  After Oxford the countryside flattens out. 过了牛津以远乡村逐渐平坦。
  停止增长(或上升)
  Sales have flattened out in the last few years. 过去几年销售额已逐渐停止增长。
  使变平
  She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。

英英词典释义

• 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)

行业词典

• 体育： 俯冲后的拉平；爬升后的拉平；