| 单词 | indent |
| 释义 | indent indent1 —indenter, indentor, n. v. /in dent"/; n. /in"dent, in dent"/, v.t. 1. to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast. 2. to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph. 3. to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification. 4. to cut or tear the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way. 5. to make toothlike notches in; notch. 6. to indenture, as an apprentice. 7. Brit. to draw an order upon. 8. Chiefly Brit. to order, as commodities. v.i. 9. to form a recess. 10. Chiefly Brit. to make out an order or requisition in duplicate. 11. Obs. a. to draw upon a person or thing for something. b. to enter into an agreement by indenture; make a compact. n. 12. a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation. 13. an indention. 14. an indenture. 15. Amer. Hist. a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt. 16. Brit. a requisition for stores. [1350-1400; ME; back formation from indented having toothlike notches, ME < ML indentatus, equiv. to L in- IN-2 + dentatus DENTATE; see -ED2] indent2 v. /in dent"/; n. /in"dent, in dent"/, v.t. 1. to dent; press in so as to form a dent: to indent a pattern on metal. 2. to make or form a dent in: The wooden stairs had been indented by horses' hooves. n. 3. a dent. [1300-50; ME; see IN-2, DENT1] |
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