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dense

/dens/US // dɛns //UK // (dɛns) //

浓密的,浓密,密集的,密集

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    dens·er, dens·est.

    • : having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
    • : stupid; slow-witted; dull.
    • : intense; extreme: dense ignorance.
    • : relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.
    • : difficult to understand or follow because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style: a dense philosophical essay.
    • : Mathematics. of or relating to a subset of a topological space in which every neighborhood of every point in the space contains at least one point of the subset.

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Examples

  • All seven worlds are almost identical to each other but slightly less dense than Earth, the team reports in the February Planetary Science Journal.

  • The third planet is nearly the wispiest of the whole system, less dense than Jupiter.

  • The holes mean the mattress is less dense, though, and might not last as long.

  • In the rush to convince people that electric vehicles are a practical alternative to gas-guzzlers, most of the focus has been on boosting their range by creating ever more energy-dense batteries.

  • If you want to eat healthfully, a better approach is to prioritize nutrient-dense foods—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, healthy oils, and lean proteins—without vowing to only eat these foods.

  • He had a special knife designed to cut the dense loaf, and a ceremony to precede cutting the cake.

  • The narrowest piece of land was at Panama, but it was covered in dense, mountainous jungle.

  • For those in the dense forests, beaches, and towns of West Africa, it is a real threat.

  • These days they are occasional meteorological irruptions, white river mists, not dense and toxic industrial pea-soupers.

  • In the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty.

  • No trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.

  • The road on which the Federals were marching was narrow and on each side lined with dense underbrush.

  • The advance had to be carefully made, for the country was rough, wooded, and covered with a dense undergrowth of bushes.

  • Not having completed the loading of his gun, Tom hastily rode behind a dense bush, and concealed himself as well as he could.

  • Tom jumped behind a bush, and as they passed tried to fire, but the foliage was so dense that he failed to get a good aim.