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

• Love is the feeling that flatters your ego while it flattens your wallet.
  爱，就是使你的自我意识鼓起来，使你的钱包瘪下去的一种感情。
• House values may begin to slide. The graph flattens out gradually after a steep fall.
  房价可能开始逐渐下降了.图表上的曲线突降之后逐渐趋於平稳。
• However, conditions for Asian exporters are likely to become harder this year as the recovery in export demand flattens out.
  然而，随着出口需求复苏趋缓，亚洲出口商今年的状况可能会变得更为艰难。
• The last approach is the one I prefer, because it flattens out filenames and eliminates the problem of having hidden filenames.
  最后一种方法，也是我喜欢的方法，由于它平铺文件名并且消除了有隐藏文件名的问题。
• Throughput flattens out as CPU utilization approaches 100 percent, as expected.
  正如预期的，随着CPU利用率接近100%，吞吐量曲线逐渐变平。
• The hill flattens here.
  这里的山丘变得平缓了。
• 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 land flattens out near the coast.
  海岸附近地势变得平坦。
• The color of the body is gray, same as the color of rock, and it often flattens itself against the rock for camouflage.
  它的身体的灰色跟石头有河流中的色好像一样。然后它常常在石头上紧贴着，因为拟态。
• 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。