单词 | the bends |
释义 | the bendsaseriousmedicalconditionthatdivers(=peoplewhoswimunderwater)get when they come up to thesurfaceof thewatertooquickly: On the way up,diversstopatvariousdepthsinordertopreventthebends. Many of the men whodivehere for alivingsufferfrom thebends. I hadworkedas adiverfor over adecadebefore I got thebends. Thebendsaffectthenerveendingsverybadly. Thebends,causedbydecompressingtoofast, can befatal. See also bendnoun(ILLNESS) |
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