1
- sharply curved or having an angle弯曲的, 折弯的; 拱起的：
a piece of bent wire
一段折弯的电线
his bent shoulders.
他拱起的肩膀。
2
- informal, chiefly Brit. dishonest; corrupt〈非正式, 主英〉不诚实的, 不正派的; 贪赃枉法的：
a bent cop.
一个腐败的警察。
3
- Brit. informal, offensive homosexual〈英, 非正式, 冒犯〉搞同性恋的。
4
- predic.
bent on
determined to do or have一心一意的, 决意的： a missionary bent on saving souls
一位决心拯救灵魂的传教士
a mob bent on violence.
一群残暴成性的暴民。
- a natural talent or inclination天资, 天赋：
a man of religious bent
一个天生的教徒
she had no natural bent for literature.
她没有文学天赋。
短语
bent out of shape
- N. Amer. informal angry or agitated〈北美, 非正式〉愤怒的; 焦躁不安的。
1
- （亦作bent grass）a stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses翦股颖。
1.1
- Agrostis and other genera, family Gramineae: several species, including common bent (A. capillaris (or tenuis)).翦股颖属及其他属, 禾本科：数种, 包括茵陈蒿, 细弱翦股颖（拉丁名A. capillaris或A. tenuis）。
1.2
- the stiff flowering stalk of a grass草茎, 草梗。
1.3
- archaic any stiff-stemmed or rush-like grass or sedge〈古〉莎草。
2
- Brit. archaic or dialect a heath or unenclosed pasture〈英, 古, 方〉石南丛生的荒野, 荒草牧场。
词源
Middle English: from Old English beonet (recorded in place names)， of West Germanic origin; related to German Binse.