| 单词 | bend |
| 释义 | bend (bend ) Word forms: bends , bending , bent 1. verb B2 When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend. I bent over and kissed her cheek. [VERB adverb/preposition] Turn the pot if the plants show signs of bending towards the light. [VERB adverb/preposition] She bent and picked up a plastic bucket. [VERB] She was bent over the sink washing the dishes. [VERB-ed] 2. verb B2 When you bend your head, you move your head forwards and downwards. Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door. [VERB noun] 3. verb B2 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. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs. [VERB noun] As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly. [VERB] bent adjective B2 Keep your knees slightly bent. Synonyms: inclination, ability, taste, facility Synonyms: corrupt, crooked [informal], rotten, shady [informal] 4. verb B2 If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it. Bend the bar into a horseshoe. [VERB noun preposition] She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process. [VERB noun] Synonyms: twist, turn, wind, lean bent adjective B2 ...a length of bent wire. Synonyms: inclination, ability, taste, facility Synonyms: corrupt, crooked [informal], rotten, shady [informal] 5. verb B2 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. The road bent slightly to the right. [VERB] Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wind, turn, twist, arch 6. countable noun B2 A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it. The crash occurred on a sharp bend. ...an historic town nestling in a bend of the river. Synonyms: curve, turn, corner, hook 7. verb If someone bends to your wishes, they believe or do something different, usually when they do not want to. Congress has to bend to his will. [VERB + to] Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe? [VERB] Synonyms: submit, yield, bow, surrender 8. verb 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. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules. [VERB noun] 9. verb If you bend the truth or bend the facts, you say something that is not exactly true. Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts. [VERB noun] 10. See also bent, hairpin bend 11. to bend over backwards phrase If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind. [emphasis] People are bending over backwards to please customers. Synonyms: try, endeavour, try hard, toil 12. drive sb round the bend phrase If you say that someone or something drives you round the bend, you mean that you dislike them and they annoy or upset you very much. [British, informal, feelings] And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend? 13. round the bend phrase [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] If you say that someone is round the bend, you mean that they do foolish or silly things. [British, informal] People thought I was round the bend. Synonyms: mad 14. to bend someone's ear phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this. [informal] He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school. Idioms: bend someone's ear to keep talking to someone about something, usually in an annoying way You can't go on bending everyone's ear with this problem. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers round the bend [mainly British, informal] crazy If anyone told me a few months ago that I'd meet a marvellous person like you I'd have said they were round the bend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers drive someone round the bend [mainly British, informal] to annoy someone so much that they feel they are becoming crazy Can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bend over backwards to try very hard to do something and to help or please someone, even if it causes you trouble We are bending over backwards to ensure that the safeguards are kept in place. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bend the rules to do something which is not normally allowed, either to help someone else or for your own advantage The river authorities said they were willing to bend the rules for us and allowed us to go through the first lock. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bend a curve We have all heard far too much in recent weeks about bending the curve, as if there were only one curve. Times,Sunday Times If we had started with the 25,000 tests a day they are promising only now, we would already be bending that curve [of transmission rate]. Times,Sunday Times Bending the curve through health reform implementation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I always tell people to bend the rules. Times, Sunday Times Let's keep it the way it was meant to be and stop players bending the rules. Times, Sunday Times Industry insiders had feared that the regulator would prove unwilling to bend the rules to get passengers home. Times, Sunday Times But it's not just about changing mindsets - if drivers don't think they will get caught, they will continue to bend the rules. Times, Sunday Times Bend the rules a bit if you have to. The Sun Bend forward from the hips to a 70-degree angle. Times, Sunday Times Exhale and bend forward at the waist, pushing hands towards the floor. The Sun Stand with feet together and bend forward until both hands are flat on the ground. Times, Sunday Times Bend forward from the hips to a 45-degree angle, hold for five seconds then return to a standing position. The Sun There are four basic stretches: bend forward, bend sideways, twist round, bend backwards. Times, Sunday Times The upper shank should bend slightly outward, to prevent it from pinching when the reins are pulled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a soft, flabby texture that allows it to bend slightly to stay on coral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Step back with one foot, shift your weight forward so the front leg bends slightly and the upper body comes in line with the back leg. The Sun The highway enters mountainous area, and bends slightly east and west several times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The road bends slightly northeastward before heading straight north, with fields on the west side of the road. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bend the elbow of left arm to raise the weight upwards to chest level in a single arm row action. Times, Sunday Times Take a bottle of water in your left hand and bend your elbow to 90 degrees. The Sun To bend your elbow upwards, your bicep contracts. The Sun Lift the weight straight up towards the ceiling then bend your elbow, dropping the weight behind your shoulder, with elbow held high, right. The Sun You have to be an athlete, we were only athlètes de comptoir [bar-room athletes] and we could certainly bend the elbow. Times, Sunday Times A last look at the many-windowed mill walls towering over the river bend, and a turn of the sheer-sided gorge shut the spectacle away. Times, Sunday Times This was where a sluggish creek had turned into that towering flood that tore through villages and forest and even ripped open a huge gorge in a river bend. Times, Sunday Times They did so on the outside of the last river bend, a feat last accomplished in 1952. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the vicinity of a river bend, deposition occurs on the convex bank (the bank with the smaller radius). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Imagine a boulder stuck in a river bending the water around it. Times, Sunday Times Then it disappears as the road bends a little and then comes back into view. Times, Sunday Times Park where road bends right, after 500m, and follow footpath for 15 minutes. Times, Sunday Times After 1½ miles, as the road bends gently left, look for the old railway embankments on both sides of the road. Times, Sunday Times I have found why that road bends and what that corner means. Times, Sunday Times The road bends sharply left. Times, Sunday Times It is thought his vehicle tipped on its side after the brakes failed on a sharp bend. The Sun (2006) One woman and six men died when the tram derailed after the driver took a sharp bend at more than the maximum 12mph. The Sun (2016) The coach crashed through a roadside wall on a sharp bend at the bottom of a steep descent near Grenoble. Times, Sunday Times (2007) With a slight bend in your knees and a flat back, hinge at your hips and swing the kettlebell back through your legs. Times,Sunday Times Your elbows should be out in front of you with a slight bend, palms facing each other. Times, Sunday Times Have a slight bend in the knees and elbows. Times, Sunday Times Pull your stomach in towards your spine and extend your upper body backwards, engaging with your centre and taking a slight bend in your knees. Times, Sunday Times Hold the weights directly over your chest, with your palms facing each other, and a slight bend in the elbows. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 弯曲, 弯折 Japanese: 曲がり, 曲げる |
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