Unbend

[ʌn'bend] or [,ʌn'bɛnd]

解释:

(verb.) release from mental strain, tension, or formality; 'unbend the mind from absorbing too much information'.

(verb.) free from flexure; 'unbend a bow'.

(verb.) unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay.

珍妮特编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

(v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.

(v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.

(v. t.) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.

(v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

(v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

编辑:卡罗尔

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Straighten, make straight.[2]. Relax, remit, recreate, take recreation, be diverted, be amused.[3]. (Naut.) Unfasten, untie.

录入:凯思琳

解释:

v.t. to free from being in a bent state: to make straight: to free from strain or exertion: to set at ease.—v.i. to become relaxed: to behave with freedom from stiffness to be affable.—adj. Unbend′ing not bending: unyielding: resolute.—n. a relaxing.—adv. Unbend′ingly.—n. Unbend′ingness.

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