- To bring (something) into a state of tension:拉弯：使某物处于拉紧状态：bend a bow.拉弓
- To cause to assume a curved or angular shape:使弯曲：使变弯曲或使成角度：bend a piece of iron into a horseshoe.把一块铁弯曲成马蹄形
- To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one's own purpose:使成形，强行：按照自己的目的强迫物体形成不同的方向或形状："Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events"(Robert F. Kennedy)“几乎没有人伟大到足以改变历史本身，但我们每个人都可以改变事情的一小部分”(罗伯特F.肯尼迪)
- To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect.使转弯；转向：使从直线弯曲；转向
- To render submissive; subdue.屈服：表示服从；使屈服
- To apply (the mind) closely:集中全力于："The weary naval officer goes to bed at night having bent his brain all day to a scheme of victory"(Jack Beatty)“疲惫的海军军官整天都在集中全力思考胜利的方案，夜里才上床睡觉”(杰克·贝蒂)
- Nautical To fasten:【航海】 系紧：bend a mainsail onto the boom.把主帆系在帆杆上
- To deviate from a straight line or position:偏向：从直线或直位偏离出去：The lane bends to the right at the bridge.小道在桥梁处转弯向右
- To assume a curved, crooked, or angular form or direction:使变曲，成角度：The saplings bent in the wind.树苗在风中弯下了腰
- To incline the body; stoop.弯身；弯腰
- To make a concession; yield.做出让步；服从
- To apply oneself closely; concentrate:专心；集中精力：She bent to her task.她专心于她的工作
- The act or fact of bending.弯曲：弯曲的动作或事实
- The state of being bent.弯曲的状态
- Something bent:弯的东西：a bend in the road.路上的转弯处
- bends Nautical The thick planks in a ship's side; wales. bends 【航海】 船只的外部腰板：船侧的厚板；木船的腰外板
- bends (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A manifestation of decompression sickness that is caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues after a rapid reduction in the surrounding pressure and is characterized by pain in the joints and abdomen. bends （与单数或复数动词连用）高空病：因周围压力急剧减少后在血液和组织中形成氮气泡而引起的一种减压疾病，其症状为关节和腹部疼痛
- Insane; crazy.精神错乱的；疯狂的
- To talk to at length, usually excessively.谈论不休：长时间地交谈，通常是过分详细地谈论
- Middle English benden 中古英语 benden
- from Old English bendan * see bhendh- 源自 古英语 bendan * 参见 bhendh-
- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to swerve or cause to swerve from a straight line": 这些动词的中心意思是“从直线转变或使转向”： bent his knees and knelt;弯曲他的双膝跪下；crooks her little finger when she holds a teacup;她端茶杯时弯着小指头；claws that curve under;在下部弯曲的爪子；rounding the lips to articulate an "o.” straighten 撅起双唇发"O"音 straighten
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- Heraldry A band passing from the upper dexter corner of an escutcheon to the lower sinister corner.【纹章学】 盾带：从饰有章纹的盾徽的右上角到左下角的带子
- Nautical A knot that joins a rope to a rope or another object.【航海】 索结：连结两条绳子或一条绳与另一物体的结
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English bend [band,] 源自 古英语 bend [带]
- and from Old French bende [band] [of Germanic origin] * see bhendh- 并源自 古法语 bende [带] [源于日耳曼语的] * 参见 bhendh-