Bending

(noun.) the act of bending something.

(noun.) movement that causes the formation of a curve.

整理:史黛丝

• Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Here, bending towards Mr. Pickwick, he whispered in a deep, hollow voice, 'A Buff ball, Sir, will take place in Birmingham to-morrow evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was bending forward when I saw it first; and when I spoke, it darted away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The greater the refractive power of the lens, the greater the bending, and the nearer the principal focus to the lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Dorothea set earnestly to work, bending close to her map, and uttering the names in an audible, subdued tone, which often got into a chime. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The bending or deviation of light in its passage from one substance to another is called refraction. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• They sit down, Mr. Bagnet as if he had no power of bending himself, except at the hips, for that purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When they reached the bank there stood Thomasin, in a stress of grief, bending over the two unconscious ones who already lay there. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• My dear Lizzie,' he returned, in a low voice, bending over her on the other side; 'of what? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Now, Tarzan heard the soft bending of grasses and wondered why the young white man was not warned. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He was bending close over Robert Jordan. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Fagin made no answer, but bending over the sleeper again, hauled him into a sitting posture. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Mrs. Pryor, bending over the pale little sufferer, was now smoothing the hair under her cap, and gently raising her pillow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why, of course, my dear boy, returned Herbert, in a tone of surprise, and again bending forward to get a nearer look at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I think I see him now,' cried the Jew, bending his eyes upon his pupil. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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