bent
英 [bent]
美[bɛnt]
- n. 爱好，嗜好
- adj. 弯曲的；决心的
- n. (Bent)人名；(英、西、丹、挪、印)本特
英英释意
- 1. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
- "the set of his mind was obvious"
- 2. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- 3. a special way of doing something;
- "he had a bent for it"
- "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"
- "he couldn't get the hang of it"
英文词源
- 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.
考试真题
- Even the technology press conferences, which have been high-profile in the past and reached a level of drama and theatrics fitting for a Las Vegas stage, have a different bent to them.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Even the technology press conferences, which have been high-profile in the past and reached a level of drama and theatrics fitting for a Las Vegas stage, have a different bent to them.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- No need to get all bent out of shape about going to see the professor.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文
- They seemed bent on their destinations.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch.
出自-2010年考研阅读原文
词组搭配
bent out of shape
(N. Amer. informal)angry or agitated
(北美，非正式)愤怒的；焦躁不安的
实用场景例句
- a piece of bent wire
- 一段弯曲的金属丝
牛津词典
- Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight) .
- 这个动作要求双膝弯曲。
牛津词典
- a small bent old woman
- 一个矮小驼背的老太太
牛津词典
- He was bent double with laughter.
- 他笑弯了腰。
牛津词典
- She seems bent on making life difficult for me.
- 她似乎专门和我过不去。
牛津词典
- She has a bent for mathematics.
- 她有数学天赋。
牛津词典
- ...a bent, frail, old man.
- 一位孱弱的驼背老人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He's bent on suicide.
- 他执意要自杀。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.
- 他选择第一份工作是出自对博物学的热爱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...economists of a socialist bent.
- 信仰社会主义的经济学家
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...this bent accountant.
- 这个腐败的会计
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain.
- 第一天他就因胃痛得直不起腰而离开了法庭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.
- 树全被风吹弯折断了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
- 这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨.
《简明英汉词典》
- The branch bent but did not break.
- 那树枝弯曲,但没有折断.
《简明英汉词典》
- A mind bent on returning is like an arrow.
- 归心似箭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The bent strip can straighten up by itself.
- 这弯曲的金属片自己可以变直.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I bent back too far and hurt my neck.
- 我向后仰得过度了,扭伤了脖子.
《简明英汉词典》
- They are always bent on interfering in other countries'internal affairs.
- 他们总是蓄意干涉别国内政.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.
- 土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布.
《简明英汉词典》
- He bent his mind to his business.
- 他专心于他的业务.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He has a bent for music.
- 他爱好音乐.
《简明英汉词典》
- Both hands and feet are bent.
- 手足拘挛.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was fully bent upon the project.
- 他一心扑在这项计划上.
《简明英汉词典》
- As I bent over , my fountain pen fell to the ground.
- 我一哈腰把钢笔掉在地上了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》