bending

1. VERB 弯腰；俯身；弯曲
   When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend .
   1. I bent over and kissed her cheek...
      我俯身亲吻了她的脸颊。
   2. Turn the pot if the plants show signs of bending towards the light...
      如果花草有向阳性，就把花盆转一下。
   3. She bent and picked up a plastic bucket...
      她弯腰提起一个塑料桶。
   4. She was bent over the sink washing the dishes.
      她俯在水槽边洗盘子。
2. VERB 低（头）；俯（首）
   When you bend your head, you move your head forwards and downwards.
   1. Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door.
      里克到了，进门时为了避开门楣稍微低了下头。
3. V-ERG 弯曲（手臂、腿等）；（手臂、腿等）弯曲
   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.
   1. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs...
      这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。
   2. As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly.
      走快时，你会发现手臂会自然弯曲，而且频率会更快。
4. VERB 使弯曲；使变弯
   If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it.
   1. Bend the bar into a horseshoe...
      把铁条弯成马蹄形。
   2. She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process.
      她在罐头上曲里拐弯地划了个口，其间还弄弯了一把小刀。
5. V-ERG （使）（路、光束等）弯曲
   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.
   1. The road bent slightly to the right...
      这条路稍微朝右弯。
   2. Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.
      玻璃对不同颜色的光的折射量不同。
6. N-COUNT （路、管道等的）弯曲处，转弯处
   A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it.
   1. The crash occurred on a sharp bend.
      撞车发生在一个急转弯处。
   2. ...an historic town nestling in a bend of the river.
      一个坐落在河曲处的历史名镇
7. VERB 屈从；不情愿地服从
   If someone bends to your wishes, they believe or do something different, usually when they do not want to.
   1. Congress has to bend to his will...
      国会不得不屈从于他的意志。
   2. Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe?
      你认为她会改变对欧洲的态度吗？
8. VERB 曲解，通融，篡改（规则、法律等）
   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.
   1. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
      少数官员准备篡改规则。
9. VERB 歪曲（事实）
   If you bend the truth or bend the facts, you say something that is not exactly true.
   1. Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts.
      有时我们会稍微变动一下事实，以免他们知道实情会太痛苦。
10. See also: bent hairpin bend
11. PHRASE 竭尽全力
    If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.
    1. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
       人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。
12. PHRASE 使非常恼火；使极为恼怒
    If you say that someone or something drives you round the bend, you mean that you dislike them and they annoy or upset you very much.
    1. And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend.
       你能不能把那壶茶泡好？瞧你坐立不安的样子，真要把我惹急了。
13. PHRASE 做蠢事；干傻事；发疯
    If you say that someone is round the bend, you mean that they do foolish or silly things.
    1. People thought I was round the bend.
       人们以为我疯了。
14. to bend someone's ear → see: ear

1. Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door.
   里克到了，进门时为了避开门楣稍微低了下头。
2. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs
   这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。
3. She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process.
   她在罐头上曲里拐弯地划了个口，其间还弄弯了一把小刀。
4. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
   人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。
5. He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school.
   人们一个劲儿地跟他说要继续留在学校念书，这让他烦透了。
6. The bird was enclosed in such a small space that it could not turn without bending its tail
   小鸟被关在这么狭小的空间里，不弯一下尾巴的话，都转不过身来。
7. The branches were bending down with the weight of the apples.; The apples weighed the branches down.
   苹果把树枝坠得弯弯的。
8. The sun was bending in the west.; The sun was low in the west.
   夕阳西下。
9. Lu Xun was loyal to the people, bending his back to the task until his dying day.
   鲁迅对人民忠心耿耿，鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。
10. Without a word spoken, he hurried away, with his hoary head bending low.
    他什么也没说，低着白发苍苍的头，匆匆地走了。
11. He was bending over the desk, drawing.
    他正趴在桌子上画图。
12. In a beam type compensator a stress pattern produced by pure bending is frozen into the material.
    在梁式补偿器中，其应力光图是由纯弯曲产生而被冻结在材料之中。
13. Raising my head, I look at the bright moon;| bending my head, I think of home.
    举头望明月，低头思故乡。（李白《静夜思》）
14. He is bending down to tie his shoelaces.
    他正弯下腰系鞋带。
15. The sailors are bending to the oars.
    水手们在拼命地划桨。
16. Adding GF increased not only tensile strength and bending modulus but also impact strength of the composite.
    GF的加入不但提高了材料拉伸强度、弯曲性能，而且提高了其冲击强度；
17. High bending fatigue strength and contact fatigue strength are needed for heavy duty gear steels.
    重载齿轮钢要求具有高的弯曲疲劳强度和接触疲劳强度。
18. The bending curve of the work roll was obtained.
    得出了工作辊的挠度曲线；
19. One of the method of curbing plate bending in jobbing sheet rolling process was researched.
    研究了在中板轧制过程中抑制板坯弯曲的措施之一。
20. Some of the loads include tensile, shear and bending.
    这些载荷包括：拉伸，剪切和弯曲。
21. But in the operation of the curved box-girder, bending and torsion deformation has also been quite pronounced.
    但在运营中遇到的弯箱梁弯扭变形问题也比较突出。
22. The general bending of moderately thick circular plate on an elastic half-space was investigated.
    本文对各向同性弹性半空间地基上中厚度圆板一般弯曲问题进行了系统的分析。
23. The effect of sintering technology of mullite on its bending strength was studied systematically.
    系统研究了合成莫来石烧结工艺对其抗弯强度的影响。
24. The temperature and the deformation fields of the forming process were calculated and the final bending angle was predicted.
    计算了弯曲成形过程的温度场及变形场，预测了钢板的最终弯曲角度。
25. The paper studied elastic-plasticity bending deformation of cross-section of unsymmetrical beam and found a solution of deformation.
    对一般非对称截面梁的弹塑性弯曲变形进行了讨论，并通过分析得到了一近似种求解方法。
26. Two kinds of welded joint have good crack resistance, impact toughness, stretching and bending performance.
    两种焊接接头都具有良好的抗裂性能、冲击性能、拉伸和弯曲性能。
27. The study of torsional vibration and bending and axial vibration of crankshaft system are summarized in this paper.
    简单综述了内燃机曲轴扭振、弯振和纵振的研究内容及相关方法。
28. Stiffness: It is a measure of the bending strength of paper and board.
    挺度：挺度是衡量纸和纸板耐弯曲的强度性能。
29. The recurrence formula for beam transform in bending was deduced.
    推导了求梁的变形的递推公式并对其应用方法做了说明。
30. Can a bending load makes both compressive and tensile stress in a member?
    弯曲载荷可以对一个物件同时产生压缩应力和张应力么？

noun

1. the act of bending something

2. the property of being bent or deflected

   Synonym:    deflectiondeflexion

3. movement that causes the formation of a curve

   Synonym:    bend