bent
US: /ˈbɛnt/
UK: /bˈɛnt/
UK: /bˈɛnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bent /bent/
- danh từ
- khiếu, sở thích; xu hướng, khuynh hướng
- to have a natural bent for foreign languages: có khiếu về ngoại ngữ
- to follow one's bent
- theo những năng khiếu của mình
- to the top of one's bent
- thoả chí, thoả thích
- khiếu, sở thích; xu hướng, khuynh hướng
- danh từ
- (thực vật học) cỏ ống
- (thực vật học) cỏ mần trầu
- bãi cỏ
- thời quá khứ & động tính từ quá khứ của bend
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun-see also BEND, BENT, BENT
+ adjective
1 not straight: a piece of bent wire + Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight).
2 (of a person) not able to stand up straight, usually because of old age or disease: a small bent old woman + He was bent double with laughter.
3 (BrE, informal) (of a person in authority) dishonest
Idioms: be bent on sth / on doing sth to be determined to do sth (usually sth bad): She seems bent on making life difficult for me.
See also -
+ noun [usually sing.] ~ (for sth) a natural skill or interest in sth: She has a bent for mathematics. + people of a philosophical bent
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 curved, deflected, bowed, crooked, distorted:
He complained to the waiter just because the fork was bent.
2 strange, weird, peculiar, twisted, deviant, warped, wry, awry, corrupt, corrupted; perverted, perverse, abnormal:
You'd be bent, too, if you'd been in prison for fifteen years.
3 dishonest, crooked, illegal:
That share deal sounds a bit bent to me: I'll pass.
4 determined, intent, set, resolved, resolute, decided, set:
Garvey is bent on running in the marathon, despite his sprained ankle.
n.
5 turn, inclination, direction, disposition, predisposition, tendency, bias, leaning, proclivity, propensity, partiality, prejudice; ability, aptitude, talent, gift:
She wished to follow the bent of her own taste. He has a natural bent for music.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, look | become, get
The lamp post got bent in the crash.
ADV.
slightly
He stood with knees slightly bent.
PHRASES
bent double
The man shuffled back a few paces, bent almost double.
Concise English dictionary
bentsbent
noun
+a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
+grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
+an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
+a special way of doing something
adj.
+altered from an originally straight condition
+fixed in your purpose
+used of the back and knees; stooped
+used especially of the head or upper back
+of metal e.g.
bent|bends|bended|bendingbend
noun
+a circular segment of a curve
+movement that causes the formation of a curve
+curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
+an angular or rounded shape made by folding
+a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
+diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
+form a curve
+change direction
+cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
+bend one's back forward from the waist on down
+turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
+bend a joint
