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Bent English Rush German Late Meaning 12492.Bent 英

正面 12492.bent
英 [bent]美 [bɛnt]

背面
释义:
n. 爱好,嗜好adj. 弯曲的;决心的n. (Bent)人名;(英、西、丹、挪、印)本特
例句:
1. Then she bent over and gave him an eyeful of her tattoos.接着她弯下身子,让他好好看清楚她的文身。

1. 音译“探戈舞”。

bent (n.1)"mental inclination," 1570s, probably from earlier literal sense "condition of being deflected or turned" (1530s), from bent (adj.) "not straight" (q.v.).bent (n.2)"stiff grass," Old English beonet, from West Germanic *binut- "rush, marsh grass" (cognates: Old Saxon binet, Old High German binuz, German Binse "rush, reed"), which is of unknown origin. An obsolete word, but surviving in place names (such as Bentley, from Old English Beonet-leah; Bentham). The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge; and the bents, And coarser grass, upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and, in bright apparel clad And fledg'd with icy feathers, nod superb. [Cowper, "The Winter-Morning Walk," from "The Task"] bent (adj.)"not straight," late 14c. (earlier ibent, c. 1300, from past participle of bend (v.). Meaning "turned or inclined in some direction" is from 1530s, probably as a translation of Latin inclinatio. Meaning "directed in a course" is from 1690s. Figurative phrase bent out of shape "extremely upset" is 1960s U.S. Air Force and college student slang."

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