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单词 bend
释义 bend¹ /bend/(bends,bending,bent)
🄰 vt.
1.+ leg, arm, knee弯曲

Stand up straight, then bend one leg.身体站直, 然后单腿弯曲。

I can't bend my arm.我的胳膊没法弯曲。

2.+ back弓;弯;+ tree使弯曲;+ head放低;低下

Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door.里克到了, 进门时为了避开门楣稍微低了下头。

3.+ metal, wire使弯曲;+ cardboard折弯

pliers for bending wire扭弯电线的钳子

Bend the bar into a horseshoe.把铁条弯成马蹄形。

Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.玻璃对不同颜色的光的折射量不同。

'do not bend'“请勿折叠”

4.(put out of shape)使变形;把…弄弯

You've bent it.你已经把它弄变形了。

She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process.她在罐头上曲里拐弯地划了个口子, 其间还弄弯了一把小刀。

5.(cause to submit)使屈服;使屈从
to bend sb to your will使某人屈从于自己的意志

They would not seek to kill him, only to bend him to their will.他们不会想法杀掉他, 只是想让他屈从于他们的意志。

6.<正式>(direct)+ eyes, steps, attention使转向;使朝向

Rhett bent his attention to the notes he was scribbling.瑞特把注意力转向自己匆匆写下的笔记上。

7.+ mind使专注于;专心致志于
8.【海】+ sail, line系紧;拴牢
🄱 vi.
1.(bow)person +弯腰;俯身;tree +弯折;弯曲

She bent and picked up a plastic bucket.她弯腰提起一个塑料桶。

He finds it difficult to bend.他发现弯腰很困难。

2.knee, elbow +弯曲

As you walk faster, the arms bend naturally.行走速度加快时手臂会自然弯曲。

to bend towards sth转向…;朝…弯曲

Turn the pot if the plants show signs of bending towards the light.如果花草有向阳性, 就把花盆转一下。

3.wire, metal +变弯;弯曲

It bends easily.它很容易弯曲。

4.road +转向;弯曲

The road bent sharply to the left.这条路突然向左转弯。

5.<正式>(submit)屈从;屈服

to bend before superior force屈从于不可抗力

Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe?你认为她会改变对欧洲的态度吗?

to bend to sb's will屈从于某人的意志

Congress has to bend to his will.国会不得不屈从于他的意志。

idiom
◆to bend sb's ear<非正式>缠住某人喋喋不休

He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school.人们一个劲儿地跟他说要继续留在学校念书, 这让他烦透了。

◆to bend over backwards<非正式>竭尽全力;拼命
(do your utmost)竭尽全力做某事

They bent over backwards to help us.他们竭尽全力帮助我们。

People are bending over backwards to please customers.人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。

◆to bend the rules<非正式>放宽规定;通融

A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.少数官员准备不按规定办事。

◆to bend the truthorto bend the facts歪曲事实;篡改事实

Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts.有时我们会撒些小谎, 以免他们知道实情会太痛苦。

Phrasal Verbsbend back,bend down,bend over
bend² /bend/ n.
1.<英>(in road)(路的)转弯处

The crash occurred on a sharp bend.撞车发生在一个急转弯处。

Slow down as you approach the bend.快到转弯处时要减速。

2.(in pipe, river)弯曲处

a town nestling in a bend of the river一个坐落在河曲处的小镇

3.+of knee弯曲

a knee bend屈膝

a forward bend前屈

4.【海】(knot)索结
5.【纹章】(ordinary)斜带(盾形纹章上的对角条纹)
idiom
◆round the bend<英,非正式>蠢的;发疯的;古怪的
to be round the bend
<英,非正式>(mad)做蠢事;干傻事;发疯

People thought I was round the bend.人们以为我疯了。

to drive sb round the bend<英,非正式>(drive mad)使某人极为恼怒

And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend.你能不能把那壶茶泡好?瞧你坐立不安的样子, 真要把我惹急了。

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