tentnoun詞源 1/tɛnt/

• 1

  A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

  • We were camping in a three-man tent.
  • We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.
• 2

  archaicThe representation of a tent used as a bearing.

• 3

  A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

  • A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.
• 4

  A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

  • […] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants.

tentverb詞源 1/tɛnt/

• 1

  To go camping.

  • We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.
• 2

  cookingfoodlifestyleTo prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.

• 3

  To form into a tent-like shape.

  • The sheet tented over his midsection.
• 4

  Synonym of fumigate.

tentverb詞源 2/tɛnt/

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  archaicdialectalTo attend to; to heed.

  • 14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede
• 2

  archaicdialectalTo guard; to hinder.

  • The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal," - "Lowse the cradle-band," said the child, "and tent the neighbours, and I'll work yere work."

tentnoun詞源 2/tɛnt/

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  archaicdialectalAttention; regard, care.

  • Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman
• 2

  archaicIntention; design.

  • A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent

tentnoun詞源 3/tɛnt/

• 1

  medicinesciencesA roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

• 2

  medicinesciencesA probe for searching a wound.

tentverb詞源 3/tɛnt/

• 1

  medicinesciencesTo probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

  • to tent a wound
  • I'll tent him to the quick.

tentnoun詞源 4/tɛnt/

• 1

  archaicA kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.