bent 音标拼音: [b'ɛnt]
a . 弯曲的,决心的
n .
vbl . 弯曲
n . 爱好
弯曲的,决心的弯曲爱好
bent adj 1 :
fixed in your purpose ; "
bent on going to the theater ";
"
dead set against intervening "; "
out to win every event "
[
synonym : {
bent }, {
bent on (
p )}, {
dead set (
p )}, {
out to (
p )}]
2 :
used of the back and knees ;
stooped ; "
on bended knee "; "
with bent (
or bended )
back " [
synonym : {
bended }, {
bent }]
3 :
of metal e .
g .; "
bent nails "; "
a car with a crumpled front end "; "
dented fenders " [
synonym : {
bent }, {
crumpled }, {
dented }]
n 1 :
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way ; "
the set of his mind was obvious " [
synonym : {
bent }, {
set }]
2 :
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [
synonym : {
bent }, {
bent grass }, {
bent -
grass }]
3 :
an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges 4 :
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 " [
synonym : {
bent }, {
knack }, {
hang }]
Bend \
Bend \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Bended }
or {
Bent };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Bending }.] [
AS .
bendan to bend ,
fr .
bend a band ,
bond ,
fr .
bindan to bind .
See {
Bind },
v .
t .,
and cf .
3d &
4th {
Bend }.]
1 .
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 .
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2 .
To turn toward some certain point ;
to direct ;
to incline .
"
Bend thine ear to supplication ." --
Milton .
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Towards Coventry bend we our course . --
Shak .
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Bending her eyes . . .
upon her parent . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
To apply closely or with interest ;
to direct .
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To bend his mind to any public business . --
Temple .
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But when to mischief mortals bend their will .
--
Pope .
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4 .
To cause to yield ;
to render submissive ;
to subdue .
"
Except she bend her humor ." --
Shak .
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5 . (
Naut .)
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 .
--
Totten .
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{
To bend the brow },
to knit the brow ,
as in deep thought or in anger ;
to scowl ;
to frown . --
Camden .
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Syn :
To lean ;
stoop ;
deflect ;
bow ;
yield .
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Bent \
Bent \,
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Bend }.
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Bent \
Bent \,
a . &
p .
p .
1 .
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight ;
crooked ;
as ,
a bent pin ;
a bent lever .
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2 .
Strongly inclined toward something ,
so as to be resolved ,
determined ,
set ,
etc .; --
said of the mind ,
character ,
disposition ,
desires ,
etc .,
and used with on ;
as ,
to be bent on going to college ;
he is bent on mischief .
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Bent \
Bent \,
n . [
See {
Bend },
n . &
v .]
1 .
The state of being curved ,
crooked ,
or inclined from a straight line ;
flexure ;
curvity ;
as ,
the bent of a bow .
[
Obs .] --
Wilkins .
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2 .
A declivity or slope ,
as of a hill . [
R .] --
Dryden .
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3 .
A leaning or bias ;
proclivity ;
tendency of mind ;
inclination ;
disposition ;
purpose ;
aim . --
Shak .
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With a native bent did good pursue . --
Dryden .
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4 .
Particular direction or tendency ;
flexion ;
course .
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Bents and turns of the matter . --
Locke .
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5 . (
Carp .)
A transverse frame of a framed structure .
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6 .
Tension ;
force of acting ;
energy ;
impetus . [
Archaic ]
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The full bent and stress of the soul . --
Norris .
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Syn :
Predilection ;
turn .
Usage : {
Bent }, {
Bias }, {
Inclination }, {
Prepossession }.
These words agree in describing a permanent influence upon the mind which tends to decide its actions .
Bent denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given direction .
It is the widest of these terms ,
and applies to the will ,
the intellect ,
and the affections ,
taken conjointly ;
as ,
the whole bent of his character was toward evil practices .
Bias is literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in bowling ,
and causing it to swerve from a straight course .
Used figuratively ,
bias applies particularly to the judgment ,
and denotes something which acts with a permanent force on the character through that faculty ;
as ,
the bias of early education ,
early habits ,
etc .
Inclination is an excited state of desire or appetency ;
as ,
a strong inclination to the study of the law .
Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling and opinion in respect to some person or subject ,
which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous to inquiry .
The word is commonly used in a good sense ,
an unfavorable impression of this kind being denominated a prejudice . "
Strong minds will be strongly bent ,
and usually labor under a strong bias ;
but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations ,
and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions ." --
Crabb .
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Bent \
Bent \,
n . [
AS .
beonet ;
akin to OHG .
pinuz ,
G .
binse ,
rush ,
bent grass ;
of unknown origin .]
1 .
A reedlike grass ;
a stalk of stiff ,
coarse grass .
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His spear a bent ,
both stiff and strong . --
Drayton .
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2 . (
Bot .)
A grass of the genus {
Agrostis },
esp . {
Agrostis vulgaris },
or redtop .
The name is also used of many other grasses ,
esp .
in America .
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3 .
Any neglected field or broken ground ;
a common ;
a moor .
[
Obs .] --
Wright .
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Bowmen bickered upon the bent . --
Chevy Chase .
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292 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bent ":
V -
shaped ,
Y -
shaped ,
a thing for ,
ability ,
abnormal ,
affinity ,
afflicted ,
aim ,
akimbo ,
an ear for ,
an eye for ,
anamorphous ,
angular ,
animus ,
apt ,
aptitude ,
aptness ,
arched ,
arciform ,
askew ,
asymmetric ,
awry ,
azimuth ,
bag ,
bearing ,
bend ,
bias ,
billowing ,
billowy ,
boiled ,
bombed ,
boozy ,
bowed ,
canned ,
capacity for ,
cast ,
character ,
chosen kind ,
cockeyed ,
cockeyed drunk ,
conatus ,
conduciveness ,
constitution ,
contorted ,
cornered ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
course ,
crazy ,
crocked ,
crocko ,
crook ,
crooked ,
crotched ,
crumpled ,
crunched ,
cup of tea ,
current ,
curvaceous ,
curvate ,
curvated ,
curve ,
curved ,
curvesome ,
curviform ,
curvilineal ,
curvilinear ,
curving ,
curvy ,
decided ,
decisive ,
deflected ,
delight ,
determined ,
deviant ,
deviative ,
diathesis ,
direction ,
direction line ,
dishonest ,
disposed ,
disposition ,
dispositioned ,
distorted ,
drift ,
druthers ,
eagerness ,
eccentricity ,
elevated ,
faculty ,
fancy ,
fascination ,
favor ,
favoritism ,
feeling for ,
felicity ,
flair ,
forejudgment ,
forked ,
fried ,
fuddled ,
furcal ,
furcate ,
geniculate ,
geniculated ,
genius ,
genius for ,
geosynclinal ,
gift ,
gift for ,
given ,
grain ,
half -
seas over ,
head ,
heading ,
helmsmanship ,
high ,
hooked ,
idiosyncrasy ,
illegal ,
illuminated ,
in the mood ,
inclination ,
inclined ,
inclining ,
incurvate ,
incurvated ,
incurved ,
incurving ,
individualism ,
innate aptitude ,
intent ,
irregular ,
jagged ,
jaundice ,
jaundiced eye ,
kidney ,
knack ,
knee -
shaped ,
labyrinthine ,
lay ,
leaning ,
liability ,
lie ,
likely ,
liking ,
line ,
line of direction ,
line of march ,
lit ,
lit up ,
loaded ,
lopsided ,
lubricated ,
lurch ,
lushy ,
make ,
makeup ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
mental set ,
mettle ,
mind ,
mind -
set ,
minded ,
mold ,
mutual affinity ,
mutual attraction ,
muzzy ,
nature ,
navigation ,
nonsymmetric ,
nose ,
oiled ,
one -
sided ,
one -
sidedness ,
organized ,
orientation ,
partialism ,
partiality ,
particular choice ,
partisanship ,
peculiar ,
penchant ,
personal choice ,
perverse ,
perverted ,
pickled ,
pie -
eyed ,
piloting ,
pissed ,
pissy -
eyed ,
plastered ,
point ,
pointed ,
polluted ,
potted ,
preconception ,
predilection ,
predisposed ,
predisposition ,
preference ,
prejudgment ,
prejudice ,
prepossession ,
probability ,
proclivity ,
prone ,
proneness ,
propensity ,
quarter ,
raddled ,
range ,
readiness ,
recurvate ,
recurvated ,
recurved ,
recurving ,
resolute ,
resolved ,
round ,
rounded ,
run ,
saw -
toothed ,
sawtooth ,
sensitivity to ,
serpentine ,
serrate ,
set ,
settled ,
sharp ,
sharp -
cornered ,
sheer ,
shellacked ,
sinuous ,
skew ,
skunk -
drunk ,
slant ,
slue ,
smashed ,
soaked ,
soft spot ,
soused ,
sprung ,
squiffy ,
stamp ,
steerage ,
steering ,
stewed ,
stinko ,
strain ,
strange ,
streak ,
stripe ,
style ,
susceptibility ,
swacked ,
swerve ,
sympathy ,
talent ,
tanked ,
taste ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
tenor ,
thing ,
tight ,
tortuous ,
track ,
trend ,
tropism ,
turn ,
turn for ,
turn of mind ,
twist ,
twisted ,
type ,
undetachment ,
undispassionateness ,
undulant ,
unsymmetric ,
veer ,
warp ,
warped ,
wavy ,
way ,
weakness ,
weird ,
willingness ,
wry ,
zigzag
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BENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of BENT is changed by bending out of an originally straight or even condition How to use bent in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Bent
BENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Bent definition: curved; crooked: a bent stick See examples of BENT used in a sentence
BENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary BENT definition: 1 past simple and past participle of bend 2 curved and not straight or flat: 3 (especially of a… Learn more
BENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it
Bent - definition of bent by The Free Dictionary Define bent bent synonyms, bent pronunciation, bent translation, English dictionary definition of bent v Past tense and past participle of bend1 adj 1 Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire
What does BENT mean? - Definitions. net Etymology: from the verb to bend 1 The state of being bent; a state of flexure; curvity Strike gently, and hold your rod at a bent a little while Izaak Walton, Angler 2 Degree of flexure
Bent - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com 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 The noun bent can also refer to a strong inclination to react to something in a specific manner
Bent Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary BENT meaning: 1 : having a shape that is changed by bending not straight; 2 : not honest
bent adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of bent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
BENT | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary BENT meaning: 1 curved and not now straight or flat: 2 determined to do something or get something: 3 not… Learn more