bend

单词辨析:

bend arch bow coil curve 【导航词义:弯曲】
bend v. 使弯曲;变弯曲
〔辨析〕

指通过外力的作用使某物弯曲。

〔例证〕

The worker bends a piece of wire into a ring.

那个工人把一根金属丝弯成一个圆圈。

That little boy wonders why copper bends easily.

那个小男孩想知道铜为什么容易弯折。

arch v. (使)拱起,使成拱形
〔辨析〕

指身体某部位拱起或某物朝某方向拱起。

〔例证〕

The lion arched its back to jump on the deer.

狮子拱起后背向鹿扑去。

Two rows of trees arched over the sidewalk.

树在人行道上方形成了一个拱顶。

bow v. (使)弯曲;鞠躬
〔辨析〕

指某物在外力的作用下发生弯曲;用于人时,常表示鞠躬或由于羞愧而低头。

〔例证〕

The branches were bowed by the heavy snow.

树枝被大雪压弯了。

The trees bowed in the wind.

树木被风吹弯了腰。

She bowed deeply to her guest.

她向客人深深地鞠了一躬。

He bowed his head in shame.

他羞愧地低下了头。

coil v. (使)卷缠;(使)盘绕
〔辨析〕

强调卷绕或盘绕成环形。

〔例证〕

The snake coiled around the tree.

蛇盘绕在树上。

He coiled the wire.

他把铁丝盘了起来。

curve v. (使)弯曲
〔辨析〕

指某物沿曲线运动或呈曲线形。

〔例证〕

The road curved to the left.

马路弯向左边。

A smile curved his lips.

他咧嘴笑了。

相关例句:

I was approaching a fairly sharp bend that swept downhill to the left.

我正驶向下坡路上一个突然向左的急转弯。

These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs

这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。

The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment.

车子在弯道处失去控制,一头扎下堤岸。

There is a particular urgency in this case, and it would help if you could bend the rules.

这次碰巧有紧急情况,如果您能通融一下就好了。

Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.

玻璃对不同颜色的光的折射量不同。

Several hundred yards beyond the first switchback in the road, he came to the second bend.

过了公路上第一个急转弯几百码处,他又遇到了第二个急转弯。