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 尤指人的身体或头部 to lean, or make something lean, in a particular direction （使）倾斜，偏向 He bent and kissed her. 他低下头吻了她。 The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching. 医生告诉我要避免弯曲和拉伸。 - + adv./prep.
fields of poppies bending in the wind 一畦畦随风摇摆的罂粟 She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach. 她突然弯下腰，捂着肚子。 His dark head bent over her. 他那黑色的头向她弯去。 She bent forward to pick up the newspaper. 她弯腰去捡报纸。 Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees. 慢慢弯下腰，把头低垂到膝部。 Keep your feet apart, and bend at the waist 双脚分开，腰部弯曲 - bend something
He bent his head and kissed her. 他低下头吻了她。 - bend something + adv./prep.
She bent her head towards him. 她把头转向他。 She was bent over her desk writing a letter. 她正伏案写信。
Extra ExamplesHe came closer and bent towards her. 他走上前朝她俯下身来。 I bent down and tied my shoelace. 我弯下身来系鞋带。 I had to bend double to get under the table. 我必须弓着身子才能钻到桌子底下。 Sarah bent close to him. 萨拉弯下身子靠近他。
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）弯曲 - bend something
Bend your knees, keeping your back straight. 膝盖弯曲，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…弄弯（或折起） Mark the pipe where you want to bend it. 在管子上把要弄弯的地方做个记号。 The knives were bent out of shape. 那些刀已经弯曲变形了。 He bent the wire into the shape of a square. 他把铁丝折成正方形。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make something change direction in this way （使）拐弯，弯曲
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 向某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己的难处）
bend your mind/efforts to something
- (formal)
to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing 致力于某事；专心致志 She bent her mind to the problem of escape. 她一心想着逃跑的问题。
bend/lean over backwards (to do something)
bend/stretch the rules
to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation 根据具体情况改变规则；通融 Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket? 难道他们就不能通融一下，让我们没票也进去吗？
bend the truth
to say something that is not completely true 扭曲事理；歪曲事实 I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little. 当我说我没见过她时，我并没有撒谎——我只是稍微歪曲了事实。
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（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求 I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind. 如果我认为她会改变主意，我会跪下来。