- n. 卷毛；螺旋状物；卷曲
- v. 使（头发）卷曲；缠绕；卷曲；缭绕
名复: curls
动变: 过去式:curled 过去分词:curled 现在进行时:curling
curl
KK:[kɝl] DJ:[kǝːl]
n.
- 卷毛，卷发[C]
- 螺旋状物[C]
- 卷曲[C][U]
vt.
- 使（头发）卷曲
- （藤蔓等）缠绕；使卷起来[（+up）]
vi.
- 卷曲
- （烟）缭绕
辨析
同义:
v.使……卷曲，成螺旋状
coil twist turn twist and turn spiral loop hook crook curve bend wind snake meandern.卷曲
ringlet curlicue tress lock coil whorl spiral gyre screw corkscrew curve loop wave turn roll twist swirl convolutionn.缭绕，弯曲，缠绕
curvature curving convolution circumvolution winding turning meandering同义参见:
kink contort ripple distortion以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
v.
- form or cause to form a curved or spiral shape. ▸ (curl up) sit or lie with the knees drawn up.
- move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course.
- (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
- play at the game of curling.
n.
- a thing forming a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair. ▸the tendency of hair to form curls.
- a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
- Mathematics a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field.
Phrase
- make one's hair curl
informal shock or horrify one.
Etymology
ME: from obs. crulle ‘curly’, from MDu. krul.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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