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unbend

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·bend /ʌnˈbend/ verb (past tense and past participle unbent /-ˈbent/)  [intransitive]RELAXED to relax and start behaving in a less formal way 放松;变得随意→ See Verb table
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unbendEven Isay unbent a little, and grinned at a raven-haired wench when she made a lewd pluck at his staff.If only he could unbend and relax, even give a genuine smile or make a pleasantry.She unbent enough to ask us in for something to eat.
un·bend verbChineseSyllable
Corpus in behaving to and start relax


unbend
unbend /ʌnˈbend/ verb (past tense and past participle unbent /-ˈbent/)
[intransitive] to relax and start behaving in a less formal way


un·bendBrE /ˌʌnˈbend/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnˈbend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they unbend BrE /ˌʌnˈbend/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈbend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it unbends BrE /ˌʌnˈbendz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈbendz/ 🔊past simple unbent BrE /ˌʌnˈbent/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈbent/ 🔊past participle unbent BrE /ˌʌnˈbent/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈbent/ 🔊 -ing form unbending BrE /ˌʌnˈbendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌnˈbendɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to relax and become less strict or formal in your behaviour or attitude (在行为或态度上)放松;变得无拘束;随和 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to make sth that was bent become straight; to become straight 拉直;抻直;变直