curl

n. 拳曲, 鬈发
vt. 弄卷
vi. 拳曲, 弯曲
【电】 旋度
相关词组:
curl up
curl oneself up
make sb's hair curl

动词过去式:curled 过去分词:curled 现在分词:curling 第三人称单数:curls 

curl

v.（动词）
curled,curl.ing,curls
v.tr.（及物动词）
To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
卷成小圈：把（头发等）卷曲成小环或小圈
To form into a coiled or spiral shape:
使…成盘旋状，使…成螺旋状：
例句：
curled the ends of the ribbon.
将缎带的两端卷成螺旋状

To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.
装饰成盘旋状，装饰成螺旋状
To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.
撇嘴，翘嘴：翘起或撇起（上嘴唇），如在咆哮或表示轻蔑时
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To form ringlets or coils.
形成小环，形成小圈
To assume a spiral or curved shape.
呈现盘旋状，呈现螺旋状
To move in a curve or spiral:
呈曲线移动，螺旋状移动：
例句：
The wave curled over the surfer.
波浪从冲浪运动员头上盘旋而过

Sports To engage in curling.
【体育运动】 做冰上溜石游戏
n.（名词）
Something with a spiral or coiled shape.
卷曲物，螺旋状物
A coil or ringlet of hair.
小卷发：头发上的小卷或弯曲
A treatment in which the hair is curled.
卷发：一种使头发卷曲的处理方法


The act of curling:
卷曲：卷曲的行为：
例句：
the curl of a meandering river.
河流弯弯曲曲地盘旋流动

The state of being curled.
卷曲：卷曲的状态
Sports A weightlifting exercise using one or two hands, in which a barbell held at the thigh or to the side of the body is raised to the chest or shoulder and then lowered without moving the upper arms, shoulders, or back.
【体育运动】 举重练习：一种举重练习，用单手或双手把位于大腿或体侧的杠铃举到胸部或肩部，然后再放下，并保持上臂、肩部和背部不动
Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.
卷叶病：任一种叶子呈卷曲状的植物疾病

<常用词组>curl up
To assume a position with the legs drawn up:
蜷曲：将双腿向上耸起的姿势：
例句：
The child curled up in an armchair to read.
那个小孩蜷曲在沙发里看书

来源：
Middle English crullen, curlen
中古英语 crullen, curlen
from crulle [curly]
源自 crulle [蜷曲的]
[perhaps of Middle Low German origin]
[可能源于中古低地德语]