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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14388 COCA: 12145

bent

Word family 
bent1 /bent/
x-refthe past tense and past participle of bend bend的過去式和過去分詞 →4  See picture of 見圖 BROKEN 2
bent2 adjectiveadj
1  BENDno longer straight 彎曲的
a bent nail
彎曲的釘子
Stand with your knees slightly bent.
雙膝微曲站立。
He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain (=with the top part of your body leaning forward towards your legs).
他深深地吸着氣，痛得直不起腰來。
a bent old man (=not standing straight)
一個駝背老漢
→5 see picture at 見圖 curved
2  bent on something DETERMINEDcompletely determined to do something, especially something bad 一心想做某事，執意要做某事 〔尤指壞事〕
a crowd of hooligans bent on violence
執意要施暴的一群流氓
be bent on doing something
They seemed bent on destroying his career.
他們好像決意要毀掉他的前程。
→ hell-bent
Examples from the Corpus
be bent on doing something• Rudi seems bent on finding a new job.
3  DISHONEST British EnglishBrE informal financially dishonest and willing to use your official position unfairly 〔經濟上〕不誠實的，營私舞弊的；貪贓枉法的 OPP honest
a bent policeman
貪贓枉法的警察
4. SY British EnglishBrE informal not polite an insulting word meaning homosexual 同性戀的〔侮辱性用語〕
5. bent out of shape American EnglishAmE spokenANGRY very angry or upset 非常氣憤的；相當不安的
Examples from the Corpus
bent out of shape• Hey, don't get all bent out of shape!
n THESAURUS
bent no longer straight
The knife was bent in the middle.
a bent nail
She kept her head bent so that Josie couldn’t see her face.
twisted having a bent shape that turns around – used especially when something has been damaged or is old and has lost its natural straight shape
a twisted tree trunk
All that was left was a pile of twisted metal.
His knee was all twisted.
a twisted ankle
curved bent in the shape of part of a circle, especially naturally or because something has been made that way
The bird has a long curved bill.
a curved dagger
The plane’s wings are curved.
warped bent or twisted into the wrong shape because of heat or dryness
warped floorboards
The windows are warped and won’t open anymore.
crooked not straight, but bending sharply in one or more places, especially in a way that looks different from normal or does not look right – often used about a part of someone’s body, a path, or a picture
He had crooked teeth.
her crooked nose and long thin face
The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine.
The picture looks crooked - can you move it up on the left?
a crooked path
the narrow crooked streets of the financial district
wavy having smooth bends in it, usually in a regular pattern – used about hair or lines
her brown wavy hair
The pictures were separated by a thin wavy line.
Examples from the Corpus
bent• Half the inspectors here are bent.• How did this spoon get bent?• The nail is bent.• The hinge was bent and the lid wouldn't shut properly.• A few bent coppers can give the whole police force a bad name.• For a full minute he was bent double, like a stricken animal.• We stand over Tolo's bent form, and point with our cane.
bent3 noun [singular]
formalGOOD AT special natural skill or interest in a particular area 天賦，特長；特别的愛好
musical/artistic/literary etc bent
readers of a more literary bent
文學天賦較高的讀者
Examples from the Corpus
bent• Rebecca has an artistic bent.• A native Nebraskan and a West Point graduate, Wedemeyer had an intellectual bent and a capacity for strategic thinking.
From Longman Business Dictionary
bentbent /bent/ adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE informal
financially dishonest
a bent accountant
Origin bent3
(1500-1600) bent “curve” ((16-19 centuries)), from → BEND1

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14388 COCA: 12145
bent

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BENT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤natural天賦▸➤artistic, intellectual, literary, philosophical, political, scientific對藝術／知識／文學／哲學／政治／科學的愛好VERB + BENT➤have有愛好◇She has an artistic bent.她愛好藝術。➤show表現出愛好◇He showed a literary bent from a young age.他從小就表現出對文學的喜愛。PREPOSITION➤with bent有⋯愛好◇a child with a scientific bent愛好科學的孩子➤bent for對⋯的天賦◇a natural bent for languages語言天賦
bent

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be, look彎曲；看上去彎曲▸➤become, get變彎◇The post got bent in the crash.那根柱子在事故中被撞彎了。ADVERB➤slightly稍微彎曲◇He stood with knees slightly bent.他站着，雙膝略略彎曲。PHRASES➤bent double弓着身子◇The man shuffled back a few paces, bent almost double.那人拖着腳退了幾步，腰深深地彎着。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14388 COCA: 12145
bent noun
⇨ tendency bent

adjective

bent ♦︎ twisted ♦︎ deformed ♦︎ crooked ♦︎ gnarledThese words all describe sth that is not straight or normal in shape. 這些詞均表示彎曲的或畸形的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆gnarled / twisted roots / branches◆deformed / gnarled hands◆a twisted / crooked smile◆to become bent / twisted / deformed◆to get bent / twisted◆slightly bent / twisted / deformed / crooked◆badly twisted / deformed■ bent not straight; (of a person) not able to stand up straight, usually because of old age or disease 彎曲的；（因年老或生病）駝背的，彎腰的◆He tried to pick the lock with a piece of bent wire.他嘗試用一段彎曲的金屬絲捅開鎖。◆Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight).做這動作時要雙膝彎曲。◆She whirled around to see a small, bent old woman leaning on a cane.她猛地轉過身，看到一個矮小駝背、拄着手杖的老太太。◆He was bent double with laughter.他笑得前仰後合。   see also bend ⇨ twist verb ■ twisted turned or bent so that the original shape is lost 扭曲的；彎曲的；變形的◆After the crash the car was a mass of twisted metal.那輛車撞成了一堆扭曲的廢鐵。◆She gave a small twisted smile.她不自然地微微一笑。  see also twist ⇨ twist verb ■ deformed dɪˈfɔːmd; NAmE dɪˈfɔːrmd(of a person or part of the body) having a shape that is not normal because it has grown wrongly （人或身體部位）畸形的，變形的◆She was born with deformed hands.她的雙手先天畸形。  see also deform ⇨ twist verb ▸ deformity dɪˈfɔːməti; NAmE dɪˈfɔːrməti

noun

 [countable, uncountable] ◆Drugs taken during pregnancy may cause physical deformity in babies.妊娠期服用的藥物可能導致嬰兒畸形。■ crooked ˈkrʊkɪd not in a straight line; bent or twisted 不直的；彎曲的；扭曲的◆She had prim lips and, above them, a slightly crooked nose.她有一張端莊緊抿的嘴唇，上面是略呈鷹鈎形的鼻子。◆The old part of the city is a maze of crooked streets and small alleys.老城區是一片由彎彎曲曲的大街小巷組成的迷宮。◆Your glasses are on crooked.你的眼鏡歪了。▸ crookedly

adverb

◆He grinned crookedly.他不自然地咧嘴笑了。■ gnarled nɑːld; NAmE nɑːrld(of trees) twisted and rough; covered with hard lumps; (of a person or part of the body) bent and twisted because of age or illness （樹木）扭曲的，多節瘤的；（人或身體部位因年老或疾病）彎曲的，扭曲的◆I stood against the oak, gazing up at its gnarled branches.我背靠橡樹站着，仰頭注視長滿節瘤的樹枝。◆His hands were gnarled with age and arthritis.他的雙手因年老和關節炎而變得扭曲。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14388 COCA: 12145

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