bentとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From bend +‎ -t.

動詞

bent

1. simple past tense 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
2. (colloquial, chiefly Britain) corrupt, dishonest
3. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain) Homosexual.
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^[1]:

     […] 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!

同意語

• (folded, corrupt): crooked
• (homosexual): queer

派生語

• bent as a nine-bob note
• bent copper

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.

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

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Wilkins to this entry?)

4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:

     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 6963663:

     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

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-Germanic *binutaz (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Saxon binitin (“made of reeds”), Old High German binuz (modern German Binse (“rush, reed”)).

名詞

bent (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 bents)

1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, "Nymphidia", 1810 reprint page 124[2]:

     His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.

   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 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.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9

     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

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.