bend

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]

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