中英文地名和人名建议选择专门化的地名译典或人名译典;有些缩写词在缩写词典中更容易查到;

    flatten查询结果如下:

    音标:['flætn] 现在分词:flattening
    过去式:flattened 过去分词:flattened
    第三人称单数:flattens 词频:高频常用词
    基本释义/说明:vt.使变平;打倒
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    v.
    ①弄平;变平;
    a field of wheat flattened by storms
    被暴风吹倒的一片麦子.
    flatten oneself against a wall
    使自己平贴在墙上.
    ②使…平坦
    -扩展释义
    n. 【机械】
    弄平,压平
    vt.
    1. 使平坦;弄平,2. 击倒,击败;摧毁,vi.1. 变平坦[(+out)]
    -同义词和反义词
    -flatten的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Somewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the word.
    “I loved the flattish grassy terrain at the top with numerous tarns of slate-grey water fringed with tussock and rocks.”
    “In between, the anchors watch stocks in these sectors and pronounce that coal has gone up, or iron ore is flattish.”
    “Lytham is a classic seaside links, nine flattish holes out, nine flattish holes in.”
    Having no variations in height. || (music) Without variations in pitch. || (music) Lowered by one semitone. || (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. || (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture. || Uninteresting. || Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. || (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet. || (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead. || (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless. || Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull. || Absolute; downright; peremptory. || (phonetics) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant || (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix, or an infinitive without the sign “to”. || (golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft. || (fruit) Flattening at the ends.
    “The painter’s goal was to distill the medium to its essence, in the process rendering the viewer aware of the flat surface of the painting.”
    “I was flat on the bed, unable to move.”
    “The fact that Cosmos is such a classic tune makes this dull, flat rendition even more of an affront.”
    Made flat by something.
    Capable of being flattened.

    名词 变体/同根词

    (technical theatre) flats, taken as a whole
    Anything that flattens.
    “They include an ear flattener and a nose shaper, a cheque protector, music hall clacker to show disappointment at bad performances and a clockwork burglar alarm.”
    “Standalone Machines featured Skinners, Portioners, Deli Slicer, Bandsaw, Marination Tumbler, Meat Harvesters, Flattener, Checkweigher and Scales.”
    Quality of being flattish.
    (英国用法) A very small flat (apartment)
    “The original plan entailed joining two rooms to create a single flatlet but this required the displacement of half the households.”
    “The flat, which he was ushered into by Terry, was no more than a flatlet, with kitchenette, bathroomette, and a bed-sitting-room with hideaway bed.”
    A terrain that varies little in elevation
    “The fertile valley, surrounded by desert mountains, ends in flatlands and on to the sea.”
    “A few more days later still it will be time to leave these hills for the flatlands my family calls home.”
    “It subsumes mountain ranges, valleys and flatlands at an elevation range of more than 6,000 feet.”
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