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dimpled

/dim-puhl/US // ˈdɪm pəl //UK // (ˈdɪmpəl) //

凹陷的,凹陷,凹凸不平的,凹凸不平

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
    • : any similar slight depression.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dim·pled, dim·pling.

    • : to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in: A smile dimpled her face.
    • : Metalworking. to dent so as to permit use of bolts or rivets with countersunk heads.to mark with a drill point as a guide for further drilling.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dim·pled, dim·pling.

    • : to form or show dimples.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhollow

Examples

  • The unique dimple pattern on the ball helps keep the ball on a straighter path through the air, which is good if you have a hook, or more likely, a slice.

  • The dimple pattern has fewer dimples, which cuts down on wind drag as the ball cuts through the air for maximum flight time.

  • There are no dimples or edges in the rock to put her toes on.

  • I want to take it away from her to refill the dimples, but I also don’t want to break her heart.

  • Air flowing over those dimples can have a pronounced effect on the trajectory of a ball as it flies through the air.

  • If there was a rough cellulite dimple, we might take it out.

  • Devastated, Walt sidles up to the bar and orders one last Dimple Pinch, neat.

  • When the salt starts to pop (from the water trapped in the salt crystal), slap down your burger, dimple side up.

  • The woman who stepped off the elevator smiled, showing a lovely dimple, and Anson beamed on her.

  • But yet I could have sworn I saw a dimple in her cheek through the mask, and a smile of mockery on her lips.

  • My fair vis-a-vis looked me now full in the face and smiled, so that a dimple in her right cheek was plainly visible.

  • Just then Miss Dimple appeared at the door with an uncertain smile.

  • "I like to sit and think in the dark," she explained, and her one dimple broke in a rich, brown-faced animal smile.