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单词 dint
释义 dint
I. \ˈdint\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dynt; akin to Old Norse dyttr blow, detta to fall, Albanian gdhent I chop wood
1. archaic : blow, stroke
 < sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels — Alfred Tennyson >
: a clap of thunder
2. : force, power
 < the dint of pity — Shakespeare >
— now used chiefly in the phrase by dint of
 < by dint of patience and hard work … he gained the top of the mountain — S.E.White >
3. : a mark left by a blow or pressure : dent, notch
 < produced a deep dint in the car fender >
: a small hollow or indentation : impression, imprint
 < does not make any deep dint in their minds — Walter Moberly >
4. dialect Britain : a jarring blow : attack
5. Scotland : a momentary chance
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English dinten, from dint (I)
1. obsolete : strike, beat
2. : to make a mark or cavity on or in by a blow or by pressure
 < a financial nut not even a sledge hammer would dint — J.H.Gray >
3. : to impress or drive in with force
 < dinted the pointed nails into his own finger tips — Clemence Dane >
: imprint
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