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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   bend

   • IPA[bend]

   美式

   • v.
     shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle；(of something straight) be shaped or forced into a curve or angle
   • n.
     a curve, especially a sharp one, in a road, river, racecourse, or path；a curved or angled part or form of something

   • verb: bend, 3rd person present: bends, gerund or present participle: bending, past tense: bent, past participle: bent

   • noun: bend, plural noun: bends

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle the rising wind bent the long grass 同義詞 curve, crook, make crooked, make curved, flex, ... 更多angle, hook, bow, arc, arch, buckle, warp, contort, distort, deform, twist, spiral, coil, curl, loop反義詞 straighten
   • ▪ (of something straight) be shaped or forced into a curve or angle the oar bent as Lance heaved angrily at it
   • ▪ (of a road, river, or path) deviate from a straight line in a specified direction; have a sharply curved course the road bent left and then right the river slowly bends around Davenport 同義詞 turn, curve, incline, swing, veer, ... 更多swerve, deviate, diverge, fork, change course, twist, snake, wind, meander, zigzag, curl, loop, raredivagate, incurvate
   • 2. (of a person) incline the body downward from the vertical I bent over my plate he bent down and picked her up 同義詞 stoop, bow, crouch, squat, kneel, ... 更多hunch, bend down, bend over, lean down, lean over, hunker down, bob down, duck down, informalscooch反義詞 straighten up
   • ▪ move (a jointed part of the body) to an angled position extend your left leg and bend your right Irene bent her head over her work
   • 3. force or be forced to submit they want to bend me to their will a refusal to bend to mob rule 同義詞 mold, shape, manipulate, direct, force, ... 更多press, influence, incline, sway, bias, warp, impress, compel, persuade, subdue, subjugate
   • ▪ interpret or modify (a rule) to suit oneself or somebody else we cannot bend the rules, even for Darren
   • 4. direct or devote (one's attention or energies) to a task Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets she bent once more to the task of diverting the wedding guests 同義詞 direct, point, aim, turn, train, ... 更多steer, set
   • 5. attach (a sail or rope) by means of a knot sailors were bending sails to the spars

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a curve, especially a sharp one, in a road, river, racecourse, or path the van screeched around a bend a bend in the river
   • 2. a curved or angled part or form of something making a bend in the wire
   • 3. a kind of knot used to join two ropes, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.
   • 4. decompression sickness, especially in divers.

   片語

   • bend someone's ear
   • bend one's elbow
   • around the bend