bend

曲げる、曲がる

まっすぐな物を曲げたり、まっすぐだった物が曲がったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make something curved instead of straight, or to become curved.

• Bend your knees slowly.
• The branches bent in the wind.
• Can you bend this wire into a circle?

使い方： bend something into something (She bent the wire into a hook.)

類義語： curve, flex

反対語： straighten

よく使う表現： bend something, bend your knees, bend in half

曲がる

曲線を描くように進む方向が変わること。

やさしい英語で： To change direction along a curved path.

• The road bends left here.
• The river bent around the village.
• Follow the path as it bends towards the sea.

使い方： bend around something (The road bends around the hill.)

類義語： curve, turn

よく使う表現： bend to the right, bend to the left, bend around something

従わせる、屈服させる

相手に自分の望みを受け入れさせたり、無理に従わせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To force someone to accept your wishes or obey you.

• They tried to bend him to their will.
• The ruler bent the council to his wishes.
• She refused to be bent to anyone’s demands.

使い方： bend someone to something (He used threats to bend them to his will.)

類義語： subdue, subject

よく使う表現： bend someone to something, bend to someone’s will

カーブ、曲がり角

道路や川など、長く続くものが曲がっている部分。

やさしい英語で： A curved part of a road, river, or other long thing.

• There is a sharp bend ahead.
• We stopped at a bend in the river.
• Slow down before you reach the bends.

使い方： bend in something (The house stands beside a bend in the road.)

類義語： curve, turn

よく使う表現： a sharp bend, bend in something, round the bend

減圧症

水中の深い所から急に浮上することで起こる重い病気。

やさしい英語で： A serious illness caused by rising too quickly after being deep underwater.

• The diver developed the bends.
• Rising too quickly can cause the bends.
• He was treated for the bends in a pressure chamber.

使い方： the bends (She showed signs of the bends after the dive.)

類義語： decompression sickness

よく使う表現： the bends, get the bends

肋材

船体の形を作る、曲がった木製や金属製の支え。

やさしい英語で： The curved wooden or metal supports that form the shape of a ship’s body.

• The carpenter inspected a damaged bend.
• These bends support the ship’s sides.
• Each bend rises from the keel towards the deck.

類義語： frame, rib

よく使う表現： midship bend, ship’s bend