flatten

🇬🇧 UK/'flætn/🇺🇸 US
GREA2

Definitions

v.

To make something flat or level; to knock down; to press one's body against a surface.

弄平,压平;打倒;紧贴(墙面等)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
flatother
+
ento put into, to cause
=flatten

Common Collocations

  • 1.flatten the curve拉平曲线
  • 2.flatten out变平

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The workers used heavy machinery to flatten the uneven ground.

  • 2.

    The strong boxer managed to flatten his opponent in the first round.

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