bend

名词 n. 动词 v.

中文释义

发音 bĕnd

英文释义

名词 n.

A curve.

— There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.
Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

— A simpler version of the common bend with its ends in the same direction is used to join binder twine in a hay baling machine.
A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. in-plural

— A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

— Perhaps the most celebrated coat of arms is that of Scrope, which is Azure a bend Or. This is the coat over which, from 1385 to 1390, Sir Robert le Grosvenor and Sir Richard le Scrope invoked the High Court of Chivalry to decide which of them had the right to bear these arms. Chaucer gave evidence before the court. In the end the arms were awarded to Scrope, and Grosvenor was ordered to difference with a bordure Argent. This he disdained to do, and being highly dissatisfied with the verdict he appealed to Richard II who altered the decision of the court by refusing to allow the bend to Grosvenor at all! Grosvenor then adopted a garb, or sheaf of corn.
Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. obsolete

— Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them. in-plural
The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides. in-plural

— the midship bends
A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).

动词 v.

To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. transitive

— If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
To become curved. intransitive

— Look at the trees bending in the wind.
To cause to change direction. transitive

— Bend thine ear to supplication.
To change direction. intransitive

— The road bends to the right.
To be inclined; to direct itself. intransitive

— to whom our vows and wishes bend
To stoop. intransitive,usually

— He bent down to pick up the pieces.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. intransitive

— Each to his great Father bends.
To force to submit. transitive

— They bent me to their will.
To submit. intransitive

— I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
To apply to a task or purpose. transitive

— He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
To apply oneself to a task or purpose. intransitive

— He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary. transitive

— Palladius did not lie, although he might have bent the facts a bit and even passed over in silence whatever might not have benefited his client's cause.
To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast. transitive

— Bend the sail to the yard.
To smoothly change the pitch of a note. transitive

— You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
To swing the body when rowing. intransitive

词形变化

bends present,singular,third-person bending participle,present bent participle,past bent past bended archaic,participle,past bended archaic,past bends plural

词汇关系

近义词

bend bow courb curb curl curve crook flex incurvate

反义词

straighten rectify unbend uncoil uncurl unfold unroll

上位词

form

下位词

arch coil frizzle roll up rebend recurve inbend inflect

衍生词

backbend bendability bendable bend down bender bend it like Beckham bend one off bend one's elbow bend out of shape bend over bend over backwards bend somebody's ear bend someone's ear bend someone's will bend the brain bend the knee bend the rules bend the truth bend to one's will bend to someone's will brain-bending databend debend disbend genderbend inbend mind-bending on bended knee overbend prebend racebend rebend unbend upbend above one's bend adjustable bend alpine butterfly bend anchor bend around the bend Ashley's bend becket bend bend dexter Bendgate bendless bendlet bendly Bend of Islands bendopnea bend sinister bendsome bendwise bendy Boundary Bend butterfly bend carrick bend double sheet bend East Bend Flemish bend Fort Bend County Great Bend Grecian bend hairpin bend harness bend heaving line bend Horseshoe Bend Hunter's bend in bend J-bend L-bend North Bend offset overhand bend per bend per bend sinister racking bend return bend ring bend River Bend riverbend Rosendahl bend round the bend sagbend S-bend sheet bend sneck-bend South Bend string bend Tailem Bend U-bend West Bend Z-bend zeppelin bend

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *bindaną
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *bandijaną
Proto-West Germanic *bandijan
Old English bendan
Middle English benden
English bend
From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”).
Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to bind, band, bond.

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