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dimple 音标拼音: [d'ɪmpəl] n. 酒窝,涟漪
vt. 使起涟漪 酒窝,涟漪使起涟漪 dimple n 1: a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached [ synonym: { dimpled chad}, { pregnant chad}, { dimple}] 2: any slight depression in a surface; " there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" 3: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; " His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" v 1: mark with, or as if with, dimples; " drops dimpled the smooth stream" 2: produce dimples while smiling; " The child dimpled up to the adults" Dimple \ Dim" ple\, n. [ Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See { Dip}, and cf. { Dimble}.] 1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The dimple of her chin. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A slight indentation on any surface. [ 1913 Webster] The garden pool' s dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster]
Dimple \ Dim" ple\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dimpling}.] To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. [ 1913 Webster] And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Dimple \ Dim" ple\, v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " dimple": alveolation, alveolus, cockle, dent, depress, dint, engrave, fret, furrow, gouge, honeycomb, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, notch, pit, pock, pockmark, press in, print, punch, punch in, recess, riffle, set back, set in, stamp, sunken part, tamp
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