bent
bent 英 [bent] 美 [bɛnt]
n. 爱好 adj. 弯曲的；弯腰的
名词复数:bents
- If you have a knack or aptitude for doing something, you can say you have a bent for it. Perhaps you have a bent for woodworking, creating fabulous desserts, or writing poetry, you are good at it.
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- n. 爱好
- adj. 弯曲的；弯腰的
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1. The trees bent before the wind.
树木随风弯曲。
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2. He was bent on success.
他一心想取得成功。
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3. He bent them to his will.
他使他们服从他的意志。
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4. a piece of bent wire
一段弯曲的金属丝
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5. a small bent old woman
一个矮小驼背的老太太
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6. He was bent doublewith laughter.
他笑弯了腰。
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7. She seems bent on making life difficult for me.
她似乎专门和我过不去。
- bent (adj.) "not straight, curved like a strung bow," 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.
- bent (n.1) "mental inclination, natural state of the mind as disposed toward something," 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 (attested only in place names), from West Germanic *binut- "rush, marsh grass" (source also of 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; and Bentham).
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