bends

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. Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.
   玻璃对不同颜色的光的折射量不同。
2. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
   这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
3. The roads twist round hairpin bends
   道路呈U字形蜿蜒曲折。
4. The river bends to the east.
   这条河折向东流。
5. There are eighteen hairpin bends on the way up Mogan Mountain.
   莫干山上下都是一十八盘。
6. He always bends towards his wife's taste.
   他总是迁就妻子的爱好。
7. The collar bends back in the latest fashion.
   衣领向后翻是最新的式样。
8. This bends the mind a bit; a single Schema does not map to a single schema or file.
   这有点儿费解；一个Schema不是对应一个模式或文件。
9. Rivers today have high muddy banks, sandbars and bends.
   今天的河流有着高高的泥堤、沙堤和弯道。
10. When the bird hunkers down for sleep, it bends its leg at the knee and the heel.
    当鸟儿蹲下睡觉时，鸟腱使鸟腿在膝盖和脚踝弯曲。
11. The river bends several times before reaching the sea.
    这条河转了好几个弯才流入海中。
12. BACK BENDS: All back bends stimulate the central nervous system and increase its ability to bear stress.
    所有后弯体式刺激了中枢神经系统并能提到神经系统承担压力的能力。
13. We observed the races on an upward S bend and the crowd were delighted when the odd driver took the bends too quickly and spun out.
    我们观察到一个向上弯曲和S的种族人群很高兴时，多了司机在转弯过快，甩了出去。
14. The lilac bends its fresh fragrant flowers over the dead man's head;
    开满了花的紫丁香在死者的头上轻轻垂下它新鲜的、芬芳的花簇。
15. Xi bends over to take a sip of his beer from a straw and then stands up.
    希福用吸管喝了口啤酒，然后站了起来。
16. He also bends a shrub with his hand, improving the area of his intended swing.
    他还用手折弯了一个矮树，改善了意欲挥杆的区域。
17. The angle that results when a light ray bends as it passes from one medium to another.
    中义光线从一个介质到另一个介质时产生的角度改变。
18. If we bend a rod, it bends.
    如果我们弯曲一个杆，它会弯曲。
19. An ordinary object does not simply rotate, it wobbles, shakes and bends.
    一般物体不仅会转动，还会晃动，摇动和弯曲。
20. Roads with sharp bends and varying gradients.
    有许多急转弯和不同坡度的公路。
21. Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.
    有弯曲、角度或以此为特征；不是直的或成列的。
22. The flexibility is all in the wing and it bends without twisting.
    柔性只出现在机翼上，且只有弯曲而没有扭转。
23. He bends with the political winds.
    他在政治上常见风使舵。
24. High ductility and excellent bendability to form bends, loops and complicated configurations without fracture.
    良好的延展性和成行性，可弯制各种曲及复杂的形状且不断裂。
25. The leg bends at the knee.
    腿在膝盖处弯曲。
26. Unplug the jack carefully examined, D-type socket pin bends whether or Broken Needle?
    拔下插口仔细检查，D型插口中是否有弯针或断针？
27. Meaning it bends easily and returns to its original flat shape.
    意味着它容易弯曲并恢复到初始平面形状。
28. This wire bends easily.
    这根金属线易弯。
29. The profile seals must be fitted securely on the flanges, particularly in the bends.
    必须将轮廓密封件牢固地安装到法兰上，尤其是在弯曲处。
30. Then neck also bends along its length.
    琴颈也沿着其长度线摆动。

noun

1. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

   Synonym:    decompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismgas embolismcaisson disease