- dent
[dent 词源字典] - dent: see dint
[dent etymology, dent origin, 英语词源] - dent (n.)
- early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.
- dent (v.)
- late 14c., from dent (n.). Related: Dented; denting.
