bend

英 [bend] 美 [bend]
我的生词本 » 报错反馈
  • vt. 使弯曲;使屈服;使致力;使朝向
  • vi. 弯曲,转弯;屈服;倾向;专心于
  • n. 弯曲
  • n. (Bend)人名;(瑞典)本德
使用频率★★★

记忆方法

AI 生成 · 仅供参考
将“bend”想象为弯曲的手臂或树枝,形象地理解为一个物体向内或向外弯曲的动作,这样可以帮助你记住这个单词的含义。
机器生成的内容难免有错,看到不靠谱的拆解请告诉我们

词族 · bend

词形变化与派生词,串起来记

中文词源

bend 弯

词源同band, 绑。因制弓箭而具弯的词义。

英语词源

bend
bend: [OE] English band, bind, bond, and bundle are closely allied: all go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *band-. The relationship in meaning was, in the case of bend, more obvious in Old English times, when bendan meant ‘tie up’ as well as ‘curve’ (a sense preserved in the modern English noun bend ‘knot’, as in carrick bend).

The rather strange-seeming meaning development appears to have come about as follows: bend in the sense ‘tie, constrain’ was used for the pulling of bow-strings, with reference to the strain or tension thereby applied to the bow; the natural consequence of this was of course that the bow curved, and hence (although not until the late 13th century) bend came to be used for ‘curve’.

=> band, bind, bond, bundle
bend (v.)
Old English bendan "to bend a bow; confine with a string, fetter," causative of bindan "to bind," from Proto-Germanic base *band- "string, band" (cognates: Old Norse benda "to join, strain, strive, bend"), from PIE root *bhendh- "to bind" (cognates: Gothic bindan, Old High German bintan, Sanskrit badhnati "binds," Lithuanian bendras "partner;" Old Persian bandaka- "subject").

Modern sense (early 14c.) is via notion of bending a bow to string it. Cognate with band, bind, and bond. Related: Bended; bent; bending.
bend (n.1)
"a bending or curving," 1590s; "thing of bent shape," c. 1600, from bend (v.). Earlier "act of drawing a bow" (mid-15c.). The bends "decompression pain" first attested 1894.
bend (n.2)
"broad diagonal band in a coat-of-arms, etc.," c. 1400, from earlier sense of "thin, flat strap for wrapping round," from Old English bend "fetter, shackle, chain," from PIE *bhendh- (see bend (v.)).

权威例句

1. I rounded a bend where the trees and brush grew thickly.
我绕过一个林木茂盛的弯。
2. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
少数官员准备篡改规则。
3. The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree.
司机没能顺利拐弯,撞到了树上。
4. There wasn't room to stand up and he had to bend double.
空间太小无法站直,他不得不弓着身子。
5. 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?

词语辨析

【bend, stoop】
这组词都有“弯腰,弯曲”的意思,其区别是:
bend: 指人指物皆可,含义广,指任何弯曲的动作。可引申作屈从解。
stoop: 通常用于人,指屈膝降低身体高度或低头弯腰。常引申作屈从或不顾尊严。

【curve, crook, twist, bend, bow】
这组词都有“弯、弯曲”的意思,其区别是:
curve: 指变成曲线或弧线状的动作或状态。
crook: 指不规则的弯曲,也指按照规则或模型弯曲某物。
twist: 指通过转动、拧或扭使某物成弯曲状。
bend: 普通用词,指把某物变成曲线或角形。用于人时,指头部或身躯弯下。
bow: 指把头部或上身弯向前方的动作,也指社交中的礼节性动作。

开通会员 · 学习更高效

首发优惠 12月31日止 · 年卡立省 30 元

同义词拓展 / 云端生词本 / 学习计划 / 去广告

查看权益 »

同义词拓展

还有 10 个同义词,会员可见 登录后开通