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vi.变平,变单调 vt.使平,变平,打倒,使失去光泽

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名词:flattener 动词过去式:flattened 过去分词:flattened 现在分词:flattening 第三人称单数:flattens

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flatten


/'flætn; `flætn/
v
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p] ~ (sth) (out) become or make (sth) flat 变平; 使(某物)变平
*The land flattens out near the coast. 海岸附近地势变得很平坦.
* The graph flattens out gradually after a steep fall. 图表上的曲线突降之後逐渐趋于平稳.
* a field of wheat flattened by storms 因暴风雨而倒伏的一片小麦
* flatten (out) a piece of metal by hammering it 把一块金属砸平
* flatten oneself against a wall to let people get by 紧贴墙站直, 以便他人通过.
2 [Tn] (fig 比喻) defeat (sb) completely; depress or humiliate 彻底打败(某人); 使沮丧; 使丢脸
*He was totally flattened by her sarcasm. 她说的挖苦话使他无地自容.

flatten


v
alsoflatten out [I and T]
to make something flat or flatter, or to become flat or flatter
 Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough.
 The land flattened out as we neared the coast.
[T]
to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc
= level
 Hundreds of homes were flattened by the tornado.
flatten yourself against sth
to press your body against something
 I flattened myself against the wall.
[T]informal
to defeat someone completely and easily in a game, argument etc
 We flattened them 6-0.
[T]informal
to hit someone very hard