indent

Definitions

in- (into) + dent (tooth) = "to bite into" — to cut a tooth-shaped notch into an edge. That single image splits into two everyday meanings: an edge with notches bitten out of it, and pushing a line in from the margin, as if a tooth bit a gap at the start of the paragraph.

Common Collocations

• 1.indent a paragraph缩进段落
• 2.indent the first line缩进首行
• 3.indent the text缩进文本
• 4.indent a level缩进一级

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Remember to indent the first line of each new paragraph.

• 2.

  Press Tab to indent the bullet point one level deeper.

• 3.

  The machine indents a row of notches along the metal strip.