indentation

英 [ˌɪndenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪndenˈteɪʃn]

n. 缺口; 凹陷; 凹痕; 行首缩进; 行首空格; 造成凹陷(或缺口); 将行首缩进

BNC.20990 / COCA.17397

牛津词典

noun

缺口；凹陷；凹痕
a cut or mark on the edge or surface of sth
1. The horse's hooves left deep indentations in the mud.
  马蹄在泥地里留下了深深的蹄印。
行首缩进；行首空格
a space left at the beginning of a line of print or writing
造成凹陷（或缺口）；将行首缩进
the action of indenting sth or the process of being indented

行首缩格,行首留空格
Anindentationis the space at the beginning of a line of writing when it starts further away from the edge of the paper than all the other lines.
N-COUNT 凹口;缺口
Anindentationis a shallow hole or cut in the surface or edge of something.
1. Using a knife, make slight indentations around the edges of the pastry.
  用刀子绕馅饼边沿刻小锯齿。

noun

the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Synonym:indentionindentindenture
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Synonym:pittingroughness
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
Synonym:indenture

Indentation makes Java code easier to read.
在上面的例子中，缩进排版使Java代码更易辨读。
The line breaks and indentation help make it easier to read.
换行和缩进使得文档更容易阅读。
When the font is changed, any indentation that you have defined does not appear.
当字体更改时，将不显示您定义的任何缩进。
Design and Experimental Research of Indentation Matrix
新型压痕底模系统的设计与试验研究
Study and discussion on the problem of indentation resistance of two package water-borne wood coatings
双组分水性木器涂料抗压痕问题的研究与探讨
Property specifies the indentation level for all nodes.
属性指定了所有节点的缩进量级。
Extra indentation is used to indicate an object, and each property of the object is indented again.
额外的缩进用于指示一个对象，此外该对象的各属性进一步缩排。
Indentation according to depth of creasing and cardboard layers, automatically adjust the depth of indentation.
根据纸板层数和纸板压痕深度，自动调整压痕深浅。
You can use tab characters to mark the indentation, but it's generally recommended that you use spaces.
可以使用制表符来标记缩进，但是一般推荐使用空格。
For example, after you generate the code, the indentation is preserved.
例如，在您生成代码以后，代码缩进格式会被保存下来。