中文词源
indent 缩格，下订单
in-,进入，使，-dent,齿，咬合，词源同dental,tooth.用于指古代锯齿状凹痕的法定文件或有法律效力的文书，见indenture.引申词义下订单，订合同。比较diplomat.
英语词源
- indent
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indent: Etymologically, English has two separate words indent, although they have converged to a considerable extent over the centuries (particularly in the virtually shared derivative indentation). The one meaning ‘(make) a hole or depression’ [14] is simply a derivative of dent, which itself probably originated as a variant of dint. Indent ‘make notches in’ [14], however, owes its origin to Latin dēns ‘tooth’.
This formed the basis of an Anglo-Latin verb indentāre, which denoted the drawing up of a contract between two parties on two identical documents, which were cut along a matching line of notches or ‘teeth’ which could subsequently be rejoined to prove their authenticity. A particular use of such contracts was between master craftsmen and their trainees, who hence became known as indentured apprentices.
=> dent, dint; dentist - indent (v.)
- early 15c., indenten/endenten "to make notches; to give (something) a toothed or jagged appearance," also "to make a legal indenture," from Old French endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to," from Medieval Latin indentare "to furnish with teeth," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + Latin dens (genitive dentis) "tooth" (see tooth). Related: Indented; indenting. The printing sense is first attested 1670s. The noun is first recorded 1590s, from the verb. An earlier noun sense of "a written agreement" (late 15c.) is described in Middle English Dictionary as "scribal abbrev. of endenture."
权威例句
- 1. Indent the second line.
- 第二行行首留空格。
- 2. We usually indent the first line of a paragraph.
- 我们常常把每段的第一行缩排.
- 3. The indent agent takes a commission on the value of his purchase.
- 这种订货代理商按所订购的货物价值收取佣金.
- 4. The mountains indent the horizon.
- 山峦使地平线成锯齿状.
- 5. A firm order is often called an indent.
- 确定的订单常称作订货单.
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