bend /bɛnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( bending, bent, bends )

• 1. 

  V-I When you bend, you move the top part of your body downward and forward. Plants and trees also bend. 弯下

  例：

  I bent over and kissed her cheek.

  我俯身亲吻了她的面颊。

  例：

  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)

  例：

  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

  例：

  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. 

  bent ADJ 弯曲的

  例：

  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

  例：

  Bend the bar into a horseshoe.

  把钢条弯卷成马蹄形。

• 6. 

  bent ADJ 弯的

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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)

  例：

  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

  例：

  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]

• 12. 

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