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dimple

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hair & beauty, Human
dim·ple /ˈdɪmpəl/ noun [countable]  1. DCBHBHa small hollow place on your skin, especially one on your cheek or chin when you smile 〔脸颊上的〕酒窝;〔下巴上的〕凹痕2. a small hollow place in a surface 浅凹,小坑dimpled adjective dimpled cheeks 有酒窝的双颊
Examples from the Corpus
dimpleElbow of the leg leaves a dimple.The way my cheeks are tickling, I feel I have dimples.In the case of our review unit, the final stage was a sheet of dimple foam.I banged my left cheek off it as I fell, + I now have a permanent dimple to tell the tale.I bet it really got him going seeing my little pink dimples bobbing up and down there.This includes the dimples or partially detached chads that were the subject of so much attention.She smiles, and two dimples appear in her pasty cheeks, still shiny from last night's application of face cream.
Origin dimple (1300-1400) Probably from Old English dympel
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dimple
dimple /ˈdɪmpəl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Probably from Old English dympel
1. a small hollow place on your skin, especially one on your cheek or chin when you smile
2. a small hollow place in a surface
—dimpled adjective:
    dimpled cheeks


dimpleBrE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊 nouna small hollow place in the skin, especially in the cheek or chin 酒窝;笑靥She had a dimple which appeared when she smiled. 她一笑就现出酒窝。🔊🔊any small hollow place in a surface 浅凹;小凹;小坑a pane of glass with a dimple pattern带浅凹形图案的窗玻璃 dimpled BrE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊 adjectivea dimpled chin有酒窝的脸
dimpleBrE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they dimple BrE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪmpl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it dimples BrE /ˈdɪmplz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪmplz/ 🔊past simple dimpled BrE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊past participle dimpled BrE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪmpld/ 🔊 -ing form dimpling BrE /ˈdɪmplɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪmplɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to make a hollow place appear on each of your cheeks, especially by smiling 现酒窝;现笑靥