Flatten
[ 'flætn ]
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vt.& vi. 变平，使（某物）变平;打倒，击倒;使失去光泽;
💡 词根助记
flatt=flat平的+en变成 →使变平
📝 例句
She used a rolling pin to flatten the pie dough.
她用擀面棍来擀平做馅饼的面团。
flatten out
行情涨到顶点
The storm flattened the crops.
暴风雨使庄稼都倒下来了。
We can flatten out a piece of metal by hammering it.
我们可以用锤子把一块金属敲平。
split open and flatten for cooking, as of fish over an open fire.
劈开并且展平以便烹任。
🌱 联想助记
摆平就是打败某人
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🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
flatten
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於平稳.
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*['flætn]vi. 使...不活跃, 变平vt. 弄平, 打倒, 使失去光泽
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Settlers made agreements with Native American cheifs but always broke them afterwards.
殖民者同美洲土著人的首领达成了协议，但是这些协议随后总是被撕毁。
There was an argument about money, so it seemed, in a language that Kunta did not understand.
看来他们在用孔塔听不懂的语言进行了一番讨价还价。
The speaker was Albert Einstein.
这位演讲者就是阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦。