indentation

英 [ˌɪndenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪndenˈteɪʃn]

n. 缺口; 凹陷; 凹痕; 行首缩进; 行首空格; 造成凹陷(或缺口); 将行首缩进

BNC.20990 / COCA.17397

牛津词典

noun

缺口；凹陷；凹痕
a cut or mark on the edge or surface of sth
1. The horse's hooves left deep indentations in the mud.
  马蹄在泥地里留下了深深的蹄印。
行首缩进；行首空格
a space left at the beginning of a line of print or writing
造成凹陷（或缺口）；将行首缩进
the action of indenting sth or the process of being indented

行首缩格,行首留空格
Anindentationis the space at the beginning of a line of writing when it starts further away from the edge of the paper than all the other lines.
N-COUNT 凹口;缺口
Anindentationis a shallow hole or cut in the surface or edge of something.
1. Using a knife, make slight indentations around the edges of the pastry.
  用刀子绕馅饼边沿刻小锯齿。

noun

the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Synonym:indentionindentindenture
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Synonym:pittingroughness
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
Synonym:indenture

You can use tab characters to mark the indentation, but it's generally recommended that you use spaces.
可以使用制表符来标记缩进，但是一般推荐使用空格。
Thus, the output from this example will not have line breaks or indentation.
因此，该示例的输出将不包含任何换行或缩进。
When the font is changed, any indentation that you have defined does not appear.
当字体更改时，将不显示您定义的任何缩进。
Indent comment at the same level of indentation as the code you are documenting.
注释缩进和其注释的代码在同一层次。
Of course, you can modify the layout of the quote by changing the indentation attribute values.
当然，您可以通过更改缩进属性值来修改该引用的布局。
In this instance, the indentation isn't mandatory, as it is with a compound statement.
在本例中，缩进不是强制性的，就跟一个复合语句一样。
For example, after you generate the code, the indentation is preserved.
例如，在您生成代码以后，代码缩进格式会被保存下来。
Their fracture toughness and hardness were determined with Vicker's indentation test machine.
柔韧的坚硬且灵活的在维氏硬度仪上测试断裂韧性和硬度。
Indentation methods of hardness testing comprise two principal groups.
压痕法测定硬度包括两大类。
Using a knife, make slight indentations around the edges of the pastry.
用刀子绕馅饼边沿刻小锯齿。