bentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From bend +‎ -t.

動詞

bent

1. simple past and past participle of bend

形容詞

bent (comparative benter または more bent, superlative bentest または most bent)

1. (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

   Synonym: crooked

2. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.

   Synonym: crooked

3. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.

   Synonyms: queer; see also Thesaurus:homosexual

   • 2019 January 22, Joe Sommerlad, “The reasons why Bohemian Rhapsody faced such a massive backlash”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […] ”

4. Determined or insistent.

   Synonym: hell-bent

   He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.

   They were bent on mischief.

   • 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

     […] in the ape posse, bent on vengeance, traversing landscapes clothed in snow and bristling with California red fir and silver pine, spooking human stragglers, and running across fresh graves as they search for the nameless colonel and try to piece together why the humans are killing each other.

5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
6. (slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.

   That shot was so bent it left the pitch.

7. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
8. (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.

   Man, I am so bent right now!

派生語

関連する語

• (determined): hell-bent

名詞

bent (複数形 bents)

1. An inclination or talent.

   He had a natural bent for painting.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 384:

     They fool me to the top of my bent.

2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

   His mind was of a technical bent.

3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

   the bent of a bow

   • 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick

     the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents

4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent

5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
   • a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:

     bents and turns of the matter

6. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
   1. Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
   2. Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
   • 1707, John Norris, Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.:

     the full bent and stress of the soul

同意語

• (an inclination または talent): disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity, see also Thesaurus:predilection

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English bent, benet, from 古期英語 *beonet (attested only in place-names かつ personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.

名詞

bent (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 bents)

1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia, published 1810, page 124:

     His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.

   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes”, in The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society, published 2005, page 121:

     Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.

2. A grassy area, grassland.
   • c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase

     Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

3. The old dried stalks of grasses.

同意語

(grass): bentgrass

派生語

短縮形

ben't

1. (dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)
   • 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!

     'What... I only hope he ben't one of those popish murderers,' said the old steward, keeping at a safe distance from him, as they entered the hall.

   • 1868, The Sunday Magazine (page 476)

     "Well, Joe, I ben't a fool, if I ben't so religious as you be. You ben't a bad fellow, though you be a Methodist, and I ben't a fool, though I be Harry Cobb."

   • 2000, Elizabeth Mansfield, Miscalculations:

     "You be a guest, ben't ye?" a footman asked, getting to his feet again.

   • 2012, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Matthean Parables, page 119:

     Death and eternity ben't so familiar to them at such times; {they are} very much unacquainted with them

   • 2014, John Vanbrugh, Bernard Harris, The Relapse, page 96:

     I wish there ben't some mistake in this business.