flatten
verb /ˈflætn/
/ˈflætn/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flatten | /ˈflætn/ /ˈflætn/ |
| he / she / it flattens | /ˈflætnz/ /ˈflætnz/ |
| past simple flattened | /ˈflætnd/ /ˈflætnd/ |
| past participle flattened | /ˈflætnd/ /ˈflætnd/ |
| -ing form flattening | /ˈflætnɪŋ/ /ˈflætnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become flat or flatter; to make something flat or flatter
（使）变平；把…弄平 - The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking.
曲奇饼烤时会略微变平。 - flatten something These exercises will help to flatten your stomach.
这些身体锻炼有助你腹部变平。 - He flattened his hair down with gel.
他用发胶把头发弄平。 - The bird is recognizable by its flattened beak.
这种鸟可以通过它扁平的喙认出来。 - Roll the dough into balls and flatten slightly.
把面团擀成球，稍微压平。
- The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking.
- [transitive] flatten something to destroy or knock down a building, tree, etc.
摧毁，推倒，弄倒（建筑物、树木等） - Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion.
工厂的大部分被爆炸夷为平地。 - The hurricane flattened thousands of homes.
飓风摧毁了成千上万的住宅。
- Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion.
- [transitive] to press something/your body against somebody/something
使平贴；把…紧贴着 - flatten something against somebody/something She flattened her nose against the window and looked in.
她把鼻子紧贴着窗户朝里瞧。 - flatten yourself against somebody/something Greg flattened himself against the wall to let me pass.
格雷格身体紧靠着墙让我通过。
- flatten something against somebody/something She flattened her nose against the window and looked in.
- [transitive] flatten somebody (informal) to defeat somebody easily in a competition, an argument, etc.
轻易击败 - Our team was flattened this evening!
今晚我们队被打得落花流水！
- Our team was flattened this evening!
- [transitive] flatten somebody (informal) to hit somebody very hard so that they fall down
击倒；打倒 - He flattened the intruder with a single punch.
他一拳就把闯入者打倒在地。 - I'll flatten you if you do that again!
你要再那样我就把你揍趴下！
- He flattened the intruder with a single punch.