/ɪnˈdent/
with obj.
1
- start (a line of text) or position (a block of text, table, etc.) further from the margin than the main part of the text缩进（行、段落、列表等）。
2
- （一般作be indented）form deep recesses in (a line or surface)在（线条, 表面）上形成凹口：
a coastline indented by many fjords.
由许多峡湾形成的锯齿状海岸线。
2.1
- make tooth-like notches in使呈锯齿形：
it has rounded leaves indented at the tip.
它有尖端呈锯齿形的圆形叶片。
3
- no obj. make a requisition or written order for something申请; 下订单。
4
- historical divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification〈史〉将（一式两份的文件）以锯齿线裁成两份（以便验证真伪）。
4.1
- draw up (a legal document) in exact duplicate按一式两份起草（法律文件）。
/ˈɪndent/
1
- Brit. an official order or requisition for specified goods or stores〈英〉征用令。
2
- a space left by indenting a line or block of text（行, 段落）缩进, 缩格。
3
- an indentation凹口：
every indent in the coastline.
海岸线的每一处凹进。
4
- an indenture文据; 定期服务合同; 师徒契约。
派生词
indentor
noun词源
late Middle English （as a verb in the sense 'give a zigzag outline to, divide by a zigzag line'）: from Anglo-Norman French endenter or medieval Latin indentare, from en-, in- 'into' + Latin dens, dent- 'tooth'.