unbend

🇬🇧 UK/.ʌn'bend/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To straighten something curved or bent; to relax and become less formal or tense.

使伸直;放松,变得随和

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
unnot, reversal
+
bendother
=unbend

Common Collocations

  • 1.unbend and relax放松下来
  • 2.[unbend slightly]稍微放开一些
  • 3.begin to unbend开始变得随和
  • 4.[unbend a wire]将铁丝拉直

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    After a few drinks, he began to unbend and join in the conversation.

  • 2.

    She carefully unbent the wire to use it as a hook.

  • 3.

    It took the whole evening for the stern professor to finally unbend.

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