small small adj. 小さい; 小量の. 【副詞】 The dress was a bit small for the child.
dent dent n. へこみ, くぼみ; 減少. 【動詞+】 hammer out a dent へこんだ部分をたたきだす make a
dent dent n. へこみ, くぼみ; 減少. 【動詞+】 hammer out a dent へこんだ部分をたたきだす make a dent へこみを作る The impact made a dent in the fender. その衝撃でフェンダーにへこみができた I haven't managed to make even a dent
make a dent 減少させる、ほんの少しだけ進歩する、端緒となる、少し効果を表す、少しはかどる、大きな問題に小さな影響を与える、大きな仕事の一部を完成させる Unless you're a rapper, in a heavy-metal band or Madonna, you've got to sing your heart out to make a dent in today's pop charts
make a dent in (仕事{しごと}などに)取り掛かる、注意{ちゅうい}を引く、印象付ける{いんしょうづける} I haven't even made a dent in the work I need to finish by Thursday. 私は、木曜までに終わらせる必要のある仕事に、取り掛かってすらいない。
例文
the original anpan of the kimuraya bakery was made by using sakadane (shubo [yeast mash ] cultured in a mixture of koji [rice malt ] and yeast ), including sake yeast for making manju (a confection made by wrapping a core of sweetened red bean paste in a skin of wheat-flour dough and steaming it ), and putting a salt-pickled cherry blossom on the small dent in the center of the anpan so it would have two characters: a kind of bread and a kind of japanese sweet . 元祖木村屋のあんパンは、パン酵母(ホップを用いたもの)の代わりに、饅頭と同様に日本酒酵母を含む酒種(酒母、麹に酵母を繁殖させたもの)を使い、中心の窪みにサクラの塩漬けを入れており、パンでありながらも和菓子の部類に入れても良いようなものである。