| 释义 |
reˈbend, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To bend again or in a new direction (in various senses of the word).
1601Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. xxvii. P 4 Custome is a mettal that stands which way so euer it is bent & is not to be rebent without the danger of breaking. 1611Florio, Reclinatorio, rebending or inclining againe. c1828Berry Encycl. Her. s.v., Rebending, is the same as bowed embowed, bent first one way and then another like the letter S. 1832Marryat N. Forster xi, Her topsail-sheet was..soon rebent. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. 48 These hooks are made of soft metal to be rebent after use.
So rebend n., a bend following another.
1893H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 63 We..unravelled the bends and rebends and surrebends of the Geeste. |