flattens

英 [ˈflætnz]

美 [ˈflætnz]

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

• Based on the results of theoretical analysis in part I of this paper, flattened Brazilian disk specimens made of marble were tested by compressive load applied on the flattens.
  根据前文理论分析的结果，对平台巴西圆盘大理岩试样进行了平台压缩试验。
• The hill flattens here.
  这里的山丘变得平缓了。
• A similar effect flattens the debris disks around stars and the gaseous disks of spiral galaxies.
  类似的效应也会出现在恒星周围的残馀盘，以及螺旋星系周围的气体圆盘上。
• After that, the curve flattens out as the colony stops growing.
  之后，随着细菌逐渐停止繁殖，曲线也开始回落。
• Religion rounds out the man, literature broadens him, science lengthens him, philosophy flattens him.
  信仰使人率直，文学使他宽广，科学使他延伸，哲学使他平和。
• The graph flattens out gradually after a steep fall.
  图表上的曲线突降之后逐渐趋於平稳。
• The land flattens out near the coast.
  海岸附近地势变得平坦。
• There is no doubt that E-mail flattens the hierarchical structure of an organization.
  毫无疑问，电子信函削弱了组织内部的等级结构。
• The double round flattens and joins the wheel to polish and drive and exchange the servo motor badly specifically.
  双轮压平参轮差速抛光各别驱动交流伺服马达。
• In both cases, you see a lot of long-running objects on the heap, but the number flattens out once Geronimo is completely started.
  在这两种情况下，您都会在堆上看到许多长时间运行的对象，但是一旦Geronimo完全启动，这个数量将趋于平缓。