Bend

[bend] or [bɛnd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.).

(noun.) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left.

(noun.) a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.

(noun.) a circular segment of a curve; 'a bend in the road'; 'a crook in the path'.

(verb.) change direction; 'The road bends'.

(verb.) form a curve; 'The stick does not bend'.

伊丽莎白編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

(v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

(v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

(v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

(v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

(v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

(v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.

(v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.

(v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

(n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

(n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

(n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

(n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

(n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind.

(n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

(n.) A band.

(n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

克洛伊校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, make crooked.[2]. Direct, turn towards, incline towards.[3]. Exert, apply earnestly, direct attentively.[4]. Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive.[5]. (Naut.) Fasten, make fast.

v. n. [1]. Crook, be crooked, be bent, be curved.[2]. Lean, incline, turn.

n. [1]. Curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow, crook, incurvation, ARCUATION.[2]. Bight, coil.

杰拉尔德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Curve, deviate, incline, tend, swerve, diverge, mold, persuade, influence,bias, dispose, direct, lower, subordinate_to, lean, deflect, bow, condescend,yield, stoop, submit

ANT:Proceed, continue, extend, advance, stand, stiffen, break, crush, resist

編輯:梅布尔

解釋/意思:

n. in leather half a butt cut lengthwise.

v.t. to curve or bow: to make crooked: to turn or incline—mostly in passive to be inclined to towards to be given to: to subdue: to direct to a certain point: to apply closely to strain to nerve one's self to: (naut.) to tie fasten make fast.—v.i. to be crooked or curved: to incline in any direction: to stoop: to lean: to bow in submission (with to before towards):—pa.p. bend′ed or bent.—n. a curve or crook: the bent part of anything; (her.) one of the nine ordinaries consisting of the space contained between two parallel lines crossing the shield diagonally from dexter chief to sinister base. It is said to occupy a fifth part of the shield unless charged when it occupies a third part—its diminutives are the Bendlet Cotise and Ribbon.—Bend sinister an occasionally occurring variety of the bend drawn from sinister chief to dexter base.

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