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dense

英 [dens] 美[dɛns]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词thick compact solid close heavy

反义词

adj. 稠密的；浓厚的；愚钝的

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低频词核心词汇

词态变化

比较级: denser;最高级: densest;副词: densely;

中文词源

dense 密集的

来自PIE*dens, 厚的。

英英释意

1. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;: "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

2. closely crowded together;: "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"

3. hard to pass through because of dense growth;: "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

4. having high relative density or specific gravity;: "dense as lead"

5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;: "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

英文词源

dense (adj.): early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (cognates: Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822.

考试真题

As the brain attempts to force the unsteady hand to do its bidding, the tension between the two results in a more compressed, psychologically denser expression.

The colonists’ first glimpse of the new land was a sight of dense woods.

Rested in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea’s peak rises above the bulk of our planet’s dense atmosphere, where conditions allow telescopes to obtain images of unsurpassed clarity.

For example, even in dense forest, you should be able to spot gaps in the tree line due to roads, train tracks, and other paths people carve through the woods.

Rested in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea's peak rises above the bulk of our planet's dense atmosphere, where conditions allow telescopes to obtain Images of unsurpassed clarity.

实用场景例句

a dense crowd/forest: 密集的人群；密林

areas of dense population: 人口密集地区

dense fog/smoke/fumes: 浓雾 / 烟；浓烈的气体

How can you be so dense?: 你怎么会这么笨？

a dense piece of writing: 难懂的文章

Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust.: 密度小的物质向上浮动并形成一层皮。

a densely populated area: 人口密集地区

densely covered/packed: 盖得 / 包得严实的

...a small dense star.: 密度很大的小恒星

His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.: 他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。

He's not a bad man, just a bit dense.: 他人不坏，就是有点儿愚钝。

A dense column of smoke rose several miles into the air.: 一股浓烟升到了几英里的高空。

Its fur is short, dense and silky...: 它的毛又短又密，柔软光洁。

Where Bucharest now stands, there once was a large, dense forest...: 布加勒斯特的所在地过去曾是一大片茂密的森林。

It was difficult to get through the dense crowd.: 要从这样肩摩踵接的人群中穿过去可真难.

The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods.: 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里.

Dyewood is a dense Indian hardwood.: 染料木是一种硬质印度产硬木.

The brilliance of truth cannot be dimmed ; the eyesight of the mountain eagle cannot be blocked by dense fog.: 真理的光辉不怕笼罩,山鹰的眼睛不怕密雾.

The park is packed with a dense crowd.: 公园里黑压压地挤满了人.

Fronting water and with a hill at the back , this garden had a dense growth of evergreen trees and formed a " retreat away from the world " .: 这花园依山傍水,四面苍松翠柏,绿树成荫,仿佛是世外桃源.

The dense forest screened the guerrillas'movements.: 密林掩护了游击队员的行动.

He is so dense, he'll never understand your message.: 他很笨, 绝不会理解你的意思.

The steamer is enveloped in a dense fog.: 轮船被迷雾包围.

We entered a dense forest.: 我们进入一片浓密的森林.

Some dense substances allow electricity to flow through them freely.: 有些密度大的物质容易让电流通过.

The hills were enveloped in dense fog.: 浓雾包住了群山.

The danger of shipwreck is much greater in dense fog.: 在浓雾中船只失事的危险要大得多.

These plants quickly form dense clumps.: 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛.