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1. Oxford Dictionary

   bend

   • IPA[bɛnd]

   英式

   • 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 in a road, river, path, or racing circuit；a curved or angled part 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 wire has to be bent back tightly 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 poppies bending in the wind
   • ▪ (of a road, river, or path) deviate from a straight line in a specified direction the road bent left and then right 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 downwards from the vertical she bent down and yanked out the flex I bent over my plate 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
   • 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 mould, shape, manipulate, direct, force, ... 更多press, influence, incline, sway, bias, warp, impress, compel, persuade, subdue, subjugate
   • ▪ interpret or modify (a rule) to suit someone we cannot bend the rules, even for Darren
   • 4. direct (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 her guests 同義詞 direct, point, aim, turn, train, ... 更多steer, set
   • 5. attach (a sail or cable) by means of a knot sailors were bending sails to the spars

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit the van screeched round a bend a bend in the river
   • 2. a curved or angled part of something make a bend in the wire
   • 3. a kind of knot used to join two ropes together, 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
   • round the bend