fends是什么意思？

If you have to fend for yourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.

If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.

If you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.