bend
verb /bend/
/bend/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bend | /bend/ /bend/ |
| he / she / it bends | /bendz/ /bendz/ |
| past simple bent | /bent/ /bent/ |
| past participle bent | /bent/ /bent/ |
| -ing form bending | /ˈbendɪŋ/ /ˈbendɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (especially of somebody’s body or head
尤指人的身体或头部 （使）倾斜，偏向 - He bent and kissed her.
他低下头吻了她。 - The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching.
医生告诉我要避免弯曲和拉伸。 - + adv./prep. fields of poppies bending in the wind
一畦畦随风摇摆的罂粟 - She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach.
她突然弯下腰，捂着肚子。 - His dark head bent over her.
他那黑色的头向她弯去。 - She bent forward to pick up the newspaper.
她弯腰去捡报纸。 - Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees.
慢慢弯下腰，把头低垂到膝部。 - Keep your feet apart, and bend at the waist
双脚分开，腰部弯曲 - bend something He bent his head and kissed her.
他低下头吻了她。 - bend something + adv./prep. She bent her head towards him.
她把头转向他。 - She was bent over her desk writing a letter.
她正伏案写信。
- He came closer and bent towards her.
他走上前朝她俯下身来。 - I bent down and tied my shoelace.
我弯下身来系鞋带。 - I had to bend double to get under the table.
我必须弓着身子才能钻到桌子底下。 - Sarah bent close to him.
萨拉弯下身子靠近他。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- quickly
- swiftly
- …
- at
- towards/toward
- He bent and kissed her.
- [transitive, intransitive] if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight
（使四肢等）弯曲 - bend something Bend your knees, keeping your back straight.
膝盖弯曲，背部挺直。 - Lie flat and let your knees bend.
平躺曲膝。
- bend something Bend your knees, keeping your back straight.
- [transitive] bend something to force something that was straight into an angle or a curve
把…弄弯（或折起） - Mark the pipe where you want to bend it.
在管子上把要弄弯的地方做个记号。 - The knives were bent out of shape.
那些刀已经弯曲变形了。 - He bent the wire into the shape of a square.
他把铁丝折成正方形。
- Mark the pipe where you want to bend it.
- [intransitive, transitive] to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make something change direction in this way
（使）拐弯，弯曲 - The road bent sharply to the right.
路向右急拐。 - bend something Glass and water both bend light.
玻璃和水都折光。
- The road bent sharply to the right.
词源Old English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band ‘strip of material’.
Idioms
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
- (informal) to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have
向某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己的难处）
bend your mind/efforts to something
- (formal) to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing
致力于某事；专心致志 - She bent her mind to the problem of escape.
她一心想着逃跑的问题。
- She bent her mind to the problem of escape.
bend/lean over backwards (to do something)
- to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair
尽力；竭力 - I've bent over backwards to help him.
我已尽最大努力帮助他。
- I've bent over backwards to help him.
bend/stretch the rules
- to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation
根据具体情况改变规则；通融 - Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket?
难道他们就不能通融一下，让我们没票也进去吗？
- Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket?
bend the truth
- to say something that is not completely true
扭曲事理；歪曲事实 - I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little.
当我说我没见过她时，我并没有撒谎——我只是稍微歪曲了事实。
- I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little.
on bended knee(s)
- if you ask for something on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way (= showing you think you are less important than the person you are asking)
下跪（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求 - I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind.
如果我认为她会改变主意，我会跪下来。
- I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind.