Unbend
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 弄直;放松
- [英] v. 弄直 ( become straight) ; 放松 ( behave in a less formal and severe manner)
- [记] un(不)+bend(弯曲)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (unbent; -bending)
- Date: 13th century
- transitive verb
- 1. to free from flexure ; make or allow to become straight <unbend a bow>
- 2. to cause (as the mind) to relax
- 3.
- a. to unfasten (as a sail) from a spar or stay
- b. to cast loose (as a rope) ; untie
- intransitive verb
- 1. to relax one's severity, stiffness, or austerity
- 2. to cease to be bent ; become straight