单词 | tent |
释义 | tent tent1 —tentless, adj. —tentlike, adj. /tent/, n. 1. a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground. 2. something that resembles a tent. 3. tent dress. v.t. 4. to lodge in tents. 5. to cover with or as if with a tent: In winter the tennis courts are tented inplastic. v.i. 6. to live in a tent; encamp. [1250-1300; ME tente < OF < L tenta, fem. of tentus ptp. of tendere to extend, stretch; cf. tentorium tent] tent2 /tent/, v.t. Chiefly Scot. to give or pay attention to; heed. [1250-1300; ME, deriv. of tent (n.) attention, aph. var. of attent < OF atente attention, intention < L attenta, fem. of attentus, ptp. of attendere to ATTEND] tent3 /tent/, Surg. n. 1. a probe. 2. a roll or pledget, usually of soft absorbent material, as lint or gauze, for dilating an orifice, keeping a wound open, etc. v.t. 3. to keep (a wound) open with a tent. [1325-75; ME tente a probe < MF, n. deriv. of tenter < L tentare, var. of temptare to probe, test. See TEMPT] |
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