flatten
verb🔊/ˈflætn/
🔊/ˈflætn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flatten | 🔊/ˈflætn/ 🔊/ˈflætn/ |
| he / she / it flattens | 🔊/ˈflætnz/ 🔊/ˈflætnz/ |
| past simple flattened | 🔊/ˈflætnd/ 🔊/ˈflætnd/ |
| past participle flattened | 🔊/ˈflætnd/ 🔊/ˈflætnd/ |
| -ing form flattening | 🔊/ˈflætnɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈflætnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become flat or flatter; to make something flat or flatter （使）变平；把…弄平 The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking. 曲奇饼烤时会略微变平。 🔊🔊 - flatten something
These exercises will help to flatten your stomach. 这些身体锻炼有助你腹部变平。 🔊🔊 He flattened his hair down with gel. 他用发胶把头发弄平。 🔊🔊 The bird is recognizable by its flattened beak. 扁平的喙可辨认出这只鸟。 Roll the dough into balls and flatten slightly. 将面团滚成小球，然后稍微弄平。
- [transitive] flatten something
to destroy or knock down a building, tree, etc. 摧毁，推倒，弄倒（建筑物、树木等） Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion. 工厂的大部分被爆炸夷为平地。 🔊🔊 The hurricane flattened thousands of homes. 飓风摧毁了成千上万的住宅。
- [transitive]
to press something/your body against somebody/something 使平贴；把…紧贴着 - [transitive] flatten somebody (informal)
to defeat somebody easily in a competition, an argument, etc. 轻易击败 - [transitive] flatten somebody (informal)
to hit somebody very hard so that they fall down 击倒；打倒