bend

詳細解釋：

bend

v.（動詞）
bent[bμnt] bend.ing,bends
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To bring (something) into a state of tension:
拉彎：使某物處於拉緊狀態：
例句：
bend a bow.
拉弓

To cause to assume a curved or angular shape:
使彎曲：使變彎曲或使成角度：
例句：
bend a piece of iron into a horseshoe.
把一塊鐵彎曲成馬蹄形

To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one`s own purpose:
使成形，強行：按照自己的目的強迫物體形成不同的方向或形狀：
例句：
.Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events.(Robert F. Kennedy)
.幾乎沒有人偉大到足以改變歷史本身，但我們每個人都可以改變事情的一小部分.(羅伯特F.甘迺迪)

To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect.
使轉彎；轉向：使從直線彎曲；轉向
To render submissive; subdue.
屈服：表示服從；使屈服
To apply (the mind) closely:
集中全力於：
例句：
.The weary naval officer goes to bed at night having bent his brain all day to a scheme of victory.(Jack Beatty)
.疲憊的海軍軍官整天都在集中全力思考勝利的方案，夜裡才 * 睡覺.(傑克·貝蒂)

Nautical To fasten:
【航海】 繫緊：
例句：
bend a mainsail onto the boom.
把主帆系在帆桿上

v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To deviate from a straight line or position:
偏向：從直線或直位偏離出去：
例句：
The lane bends to the right at the bridge.
小道在橋樑處轉彎向右

To assume a curved, crooked, or angular form or direction:
使變曲，成角度：
例句：
The saplings bent in the wind.
樹苗在風中彎下了腰

To incline the body; stoop.
彎身；彎腰
To make a concession; yield.
做出讓步；服從
To apply oneself closely; concentrate:
專心；集中精力：
例句：
She bent to her task.
她專心於她的工作

n.（名詞）

The act or fact of bending.
彎曲：彎曲的動作或事實
The state of being bent.
彎曲的狀態
Something bent:
彎的東西：
例句：
a bend in the road.
路上的轉彎處

bends Nautical The thick planks in a ship`s side; wales.
bends 【航海】 船隻的外部腰板：船側的厚板；木船的腰外板
bends (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A manifestation of decompression sickness that is caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues after a rapid reduction in the surrounding pressure and is characterized by pain in the joints and abdomen.
bends （與單數或複數動詞連用）高空病：因周圍壓力急劇減少後在血液和組織中形成氮氣泡而引起的一種減壓疾病，其症狀為關節和腹部疼痛

<習慣用語>around the bend【俚語】
Insane; crazy.
精神錯亂的；瘋狂的
bend (someone`s) ear【俚語】
To talk to at length, usually excessively.
談論不休：長時間地交談，通常是過分詳細地談論
來源：
Middle English benden
中古英文 benden
from Old English bendan * see bhendh-
源自 古英文 bendan *參見 bhendh-

<參考辭彙><同義詞>bend,crook,curve,roundThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to swerve or cause to swerve from a straight line.:
這些動詞的中心意思是.從直線轉變或使轉向.：
例句：
bent his knees and knelt;
彎曲他的雙膝跪下；

例句：
crooks her little finger when she holds a teacup;
她端茶杯時彎著小指頭；

例句：
claws that curve under;
在下部彎曲的爪子；

例句：
rounding the lips to articulate an .o.. straighten
撅起雙唇發.O.音 straighten


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n.（名詞）
Heraldry A band passing from the upper dexter corner of an escutcheon to the lower sinister corner.
【紋章學】 盾帶：從飾有章紋的盾徽的右上角到左下角的帶子
Nautical A knot that joins a rope to a rope or another object.
【航海】 索結：連結兩條繩子或一條繩與另一物體的結

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old English bend [band,]
源自 古英文 bend [帶]
and from Old French bende [band] [of Germanic origin] * see bhendh-
並源自 古法文 bende [帶] [源於日耳曼語的] *參見 bhendh-