bend
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When you bend, you move the top part of your body downward and forward. Plants and trees also bend. 弯下
I bent over and kissed her cheek. 我俯身亲吻了她的面颊。
She bent and picked up a plastic bucket. 她弯腰拎起一个塑料桶。
2. V-T When you bend your head, you move your head forward and downward. 低下 (头)
Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door. 里克来了,他稍稍低头避开门框。
3. V-T/V-I When you bend a part of your body such as your arm or leg, or when it bends, you change its position so that it is no longer straight. 弯曲 (身体某个部位); 弯曲
These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners from bending their legs. 这些残酷的刑具是设计来限制犯人弯腿的。
4. bentADJ 弯曲的
Keep your knees slightly bent. 保持两膝微屈。
5. V-T If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it. 使...弯曲
Bend the bar into a horseshoe. 把钢条弯卷成马蹄形。
6. bentADJ 弯的
...a length of bent wire. ...一截弯曲的铁丝。
7. V-T/V-I When a road, beam of light, or other long thin thing bends, or when something bends it, it changes direction to form a curve or angle. 弯向; 拐弯
The road bent slightly to the right. 公路微微向右弯。
8. N-COUNT A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it. 拐角
The crash occurred on a sharp bend. 碰撞发生在一个急转弯处。
9. V-T If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do. 篡改; 歪曲 (规则等)
A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules. 少数官员准备篡改规则。
10. N-PLURAL If deep-sea divers suffer from the bends, they experience severe pain and difficulty in breathing as a result of coming to the surface of the ocean too quickly. 潜涵病; 呼吸减压病
New evidence suggests that exercise could protect divers from the bends. 新证据表明锻炼可以防止潜水员得潜涵病。
11. N an ordinary consisting of a diagonal line traversing a shield[heraldry]
12. →see also bent
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bend /bɛnd/ (bending,bent,bends)
剑桥词典
- Light rays bend as they pass from air to water .
- You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far .
- the point where the road bends
- His new trousers ripped when he bent down.
- I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road .
bend verb (CURVE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to (cause to) curve
(使)弯曲
The road bends to the left after the traffic lights . 过了第一个红绿灯后道路弯向左侧。
to move your body or part of your body so that it is not straight
弯腰
I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road . 我弯腰捡起路上的硬币。
Now, bend forward /over and touch your toes ! 现在,向前弯腰触摸脚趾。
Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects . 提重物时一定要屈膝。
After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly . 摔了一跤之后,她说她的腿不能正常弯曲了。
on bended knee
in a position in which the knee of one leg is touching the floor
单腿跪地
He went down on bended knee to ask her to marry him. 他单腿跪地向她求婚。
例句
习语
bend sb's earbend the law/rules