flattening

英 [ˈflætnɪŋ]

美 [ˈflætnɪŋ]

v.  (使)变平; 把…弄平; 摧毁，推倒，弄倒(建筑物、树木等); 轻易击败
flatten的现在分词

现在分词：flattening　复数：flattenings　

COCA.36657

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变平;把…弄平
  If youflattensomething or if itflattens, it becomes flat or flatter.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...the pitiful shacks built of cardboard boxes, corrugated iron sheets and flattened oil drums.
     用硬纸盒、波纹铁皮和压扁的油桶搭起来的简陋棚屋
  4. Flatten outmeans the same asflatten.
     flatten out 同 flatten
  5. The hills flattened out just south of the mountain...
     丘陵就在大山以南变得平坦起来。
  6. We now think prices will flatten out towards the end of this year...
     我们现在认为到今年年底价格会趋于平稳。
  7. 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。
• VERB 摧毁，弄倒，夷平(建筑、城镇或植物)
  Toflattensomething such as a building, town, or plant means to destroy it by knocking it down or crushing it.
  1. ...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
  2. ...bombing raids flattened much of the area.
     空袭将这个地区的大部分都夷为了平地
  3. ...areas of flattened corn.
     玉米割倒了的地方
• VERB 使紧贴;使贴着(以免挡路或被看见)
  If youflattenyourself againstsomething, you press yourself flat against it, for example to avoid getting in the way or being seen.
  1. 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 youflattensomeone, you make them fall over by hitting them violently.
  1. '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 youflattensomeone in a fight, contest, or argument, you defeat them completely.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The quake leveled entire towns, flattening the simple adobe, brick structures and leaving nothing but rubble.
  地震夷平了整个城镇，摧毁了简易土坯房和砖结筑，在受灾区只留下一片废墟。
• Method for flattening test of seamless gas cylinders
  GB/T13440-1992无缝气瓶压扁试验方法
• The utility model discloses a machine for flattening roads, comprising a bridge body.
  本实用新型公开了一种道路修平机。
• In this paper, the effects of the value of the Earth dynamical flattening on rigid Earth nutation amplitudes and the transfer function of non-rigid Earth nutation are discussed.
  探讨了地球动力学扁率值对刚体地球章动振幅和非刚体地球章动转换函数的影响。
• Collapse is a flattening or severe distortion of the cells, when severe, collapse appears as local depressions or corrugations on the surface.
  皱缩可使细胞压扁或严重变形，情况严重时，皱缩使木材表面呈现局部凹陷或起皱。
• In this paper, a cone-type curve flattening equation commonly used in engineering technology is presented for applications of sheet metal processing in mechanical manufacturing process.
  本文给出了工程技术中常用的锥面上一类曲线的展平方程，供机械帚性工艺钣金加工应用。
• Friedman traces the rapid flattening of the world through a series of recent events.
  佛雷德里曼通过近年来的一系列事件回顾了世界迅速扁平化的过程。
• Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis.
  右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
• But this technological flattening is potentially liberating too.
  但是这种技术带来的扁平化也可能将人解放出来。
• Give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact.
  水平飞行的子弹在碰撞中发出的声音。