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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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