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bend v.弯曲；屈服 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.)). 无

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[bend] 【英】 v. 使弯曲(force sth straight into an angle)【考】 bend : rigid / submerge : buoyant / dissolve : insoluble(刚毅的不会弯曲/有 浮力的不会沉没/不能 溶解的不会溶解)【例】 a slight bend v. 使弯曲 = crook【例】The road bends here 路在这里转弯.【类】bend: rigid = submerge: buoyant = dissolve: insoluble刚性的不会弯曲 = 有浮力的不会沉没 = 不能溶解的不会溶解

单词	bend
音标	[bend]
解释	v.弯曲；屈服
红宝书	【英】 v. 使弯曲(force sth straight into an angle) 【考】 bend : rigid / submerge : buoyant / dissolve : insoluble(刚毅的不会弯曲/有浮力的不会沉没/不能溶解的不会溶解) 【例】 a slight bend
字源	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.)).
不择手段背单词	v. 使弯曲 = crook 【例】The road bends here 路在这里转弯. 【类】bend: rigid = submerge: buoyant = dissolve: insoluble刚性的不会弯曲 = 有浮力的不会沉没 = 不能溶解的不会溶解
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Bend V Rigid Buoyant English Cognates Pie Bhendh