| 单词 | tent |
| 释义 | Word Frequency tent 1(tɛnt) noun 1. a. a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes b. (as modifier) tent peg 2. something resembling this in function or shape verb 3. (intransitive) to camp in a tent 4. (transitive) to cover with or as if with a tent or tents 5. (transitive) to provide with a tent as shelter Derived forms tented (ˈtented) adjective tentless (ˈtentless) adjective tentlike (ˈtentˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French tente, from Latin tentōrium something stretched out, from tendere to stretchWord Frequency tent 2(tɛnt) medicine noun 1. a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency verb 2. (transitive) to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc) Word origin C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin temptāre to try; see temptWord Frequency tent 3(tɛnt) noun obsolete a red table wine from Alicante, Spain Word origin C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see tintWord Frequency tent 4(tɛnt) Scottish noun 1. heed; attention verb (transitive) 2. to pay attention to; take notice of 3. to attend to Derived forms tenter (ˈtenter) noun Word origin C14: from attent attend and intent |
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