英语词汇“fend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fendfend /fɛnd/ verb

ETYMOLOGYfend

Origin: 1200-1300 defend

VERB TABLE

fend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fend
	he, she, it	fends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fended
	he, she, it	has fended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fending
	he, she, it	is fending
	you, we, they	are fending
Past	I, he, she, it	was fending
	you, we, they	were fending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fending
	he, she, it	has been fending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fending

fend for yourself to take care of yourself without help from other people: Young birds are left to fend for themselves soon after they hatch.fend somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb1to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you: Mrs. Spencer tried to fend off the mugger with her umbrella.2to defend yourself from something such as competition, difficult questions, or a situation you do not want to deal with: The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.