bending
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When you bend, you move the top part of your body downward and forward. Plants and trees also bend. 弯下
I bent over and kissed her cheek. 我俯身亲吻了她的面颊。
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)
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
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. bentADJ 弯曲的
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
Bend the bar into a horseshoe. 把钢条弯卷成马蹄形。
6. bentADJ 弯的
...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
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
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)
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
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. →see also bent
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