dense
dense 英 [dens] 美 [dɛns]
adj. 稠密的；浓厚的；愚钝的
The hills were enveloped in dense fog. 浓雾包住了群山。
It was difficult to get through the dense crowd. 要从这样肩摩踵接的人群中穿过去可真难。
- When woods are dense, the trees grow close together. When fog is dense, you can't see through it. And if someone calls you dense, they think nothing can get into your thick skull.
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- adj. 稠密的；浓厚的；愚钝的
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1. The hills were enveloped in dense fog.
浓雾包住了群山。
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2. It was difficult to get through the dense crowd.
要从这样肩摩踵接的人群中穿过去可真难。
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3. They don't like dense forest either, so they traverse these high, open shoulders between the river and the woods, where they can see and run.
它们也不喜欢密集的树林，因此它们穿过河流和树林间这些高耸而开阔的山肩，在这里它们能够看得见，跑得快。
- dense (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (source also of Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822.
dense / dens ; NAmE dens / adjective ( dens·er , dens·est ) 1 containing a lot of people, things, plants, etc. with little space between them 密集的；稠密的 ◆ a dense crowd/forest 密集的人群；密林 ◆ areas of dense population 人口密集地区 2 difficult to see through 浓密的；浓重的 SYN thick ◆ dense fog/smoke/fumes 浓雾╱烟；浓烈的气体 3 ( informal) stupid 愚笨的；迟钝的；笨拙的 ◆ How can you be so dense? 你怎么会这么笨？ 4 difficult to understand because it contains a lot of information （信息量大得）难理解的，难懂的 ◆ a dense piece of writing 难懂的文章 5 ( technical 术语 ) heavy in relation to its size 密度大的；密实的 ◆ Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust. 密度小的物质向上浮动并形成一硬层。 ▶ dense·ly / densli ; NAmE densli / adverb ◆ a densely populatedarea 人口密集地区 ◆ densely covered/packed 盖得╱包得严实的 dense denser densest dense / dens ; NAmE dens / dense·ly / densli ; NAmE densli /
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