bend
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bend | |
| he / she / it bends | |
| past simple bent | |
| past participle bent | |
| -ing form bending |
- [intransitive, transitive]
(especially of somebody’s body or head 尤指人的身體或頭部 to lean, or make something lean, in a particular direction （使）傾斜，偏向 He bent and kissed her. 他低下頭吻了她。 The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching. 醫生告訴我要避免彎曲和拉伸。 - + adv./prep.
fields of poppies bending in the wind 一畦畦随風搖擺的罂粟 She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach. 她突然彎下腰，捂着肚子。 His dark head bent over her. 他那黑色的頭向她彎去。 She bent forward to pick up the newspaper. 她彎腰去撿報紙。 Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees. 慢慢彎下腰，把頭低垂到膝部。 Keep your feet apart, and bend at the waist 雙腳分開，腰部彎曲 - bend something
He bent his head and kissed her. 他低下頭吻了她。 - bend something + adv./prep.
She bent her head towards him. 她把頭轉向他。 She was bent over her desk writing a letter. 她正伏案寫信。
Extra ExamplesHe came closer and bent towards her. 他走上前朝她俯下身來。 I bent down and tied my shoelace. 我彎下身來系鞋帶。 I had to bend double to get under the table. 我必須弓着身子才能鑽到桌子底下。 Sarah bent close to him. 薩拉彎下身子靠近他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- quickly
- swiftly
- …
- at
- towards/toward
- [transitive, intransitive]
if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight （使四肢等）彎曲 - bend something
Bend your knees, keeping your back straight. 膝蓋彎曲，背部挺直。 Lie flat and let your knees bend. 平躺曲膝。
- bend something
- [transitive] bend something
to force something that was straight into an angle or a curve 把…弄彎（或折起） Mark the pipe where you want to bend it. 在管子上把要弄彎的地方做個記號。 The knives were bent out of shape. 那些刀已經彎曲變形了。 He bent the wire into the shape of a square. 他把鐵絲折成正方形。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make something change direction in this way （使）拐彎，彎曲
Word OriginOld English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band ‘strip of material’.
Idioms
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
- (informal)
to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have 向某人唠叨訴說（尤指自己的難處）
bend your mind/efforts to something
- (formal)
to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing 致力於某事；專心致志 She bent her mind to the problem of escape. 她一心想着逃跑的問題。
bend/lean over backwards (to do something)
bend/stretch the rules
to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation 根據具體情況改變規則；通融 Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket? 難道他們就不能通融一下，讓我們沒票也進去嗎？
bend the truth
to say something that is not completely true 扭曲事理；歪曲事實 I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little. 當我說我沒見過她時，我並沒有撒謊——我只是稍微歪曲了事實。
on bended knee(s)
if you ask for something on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way (= showing you think you are less important than the person you are asking) 下跪（請求…）；央求；苦苦哀求 I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind. 如果我認爲她會改變主意，我會跪下來。