dim·ple /ˈdɪmpəl/
酒窩,漣漪(vt.)使起漣漪
dim·ple /ˈdɪmpəl/ 名詞
小凹,淺凹,頰窩
Dim·ple n.
1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
The dimple of her chin. --Prior.
2. A slight indentation on any surface.
The garden pool's dark surface . . .
Breaks into dimples small and bright. --Wordsworth.
Dim·ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dimpled p. pr. & vb. n. Dimpling ] To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden.
Dim·ple, v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
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dimple
n 1: a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners
are still attached [syn: dimpled chad, pregnant chad]
2: any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately
336 dimples on a golf ball"
3: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple
appeared whenever he smiled"
v 1: mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth
stream"
2: produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the
adults"