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curl/kɜ:l/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 up) bend or coil into a spiral; form or cause to form curls 卷成螺旋状；使(头发)鬈曲 2 intr. move in a spiral form 呈螺旋式移动 smoke curling upwards 烟雾袅袅上升 3a intr. (of the upper lip) be raised slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval (上唇)扭曲，撇嘴(表示轻蔑或不赞成) b tr. cause (the lip) to do this 使(上唇)扭曲，撇嘴 4 intr. play curling 玩冰上溜石游戏 ●n. 1 a lock of curled hair (一绺)鬈发 2 anything spiral or curved inwards 卷曲物，卷状物，螺旋状物 3a a curling movement or act 卷曲动作 b the state of being curled 卷曲状态 4 a disease of plants in which the leaves are curled up (植物的)卷叶病 □ curl up 1 lie or sit with the knees drawn up (躺或坐)蜷作一团，蜷缩 2 colloq. writhe with embarrassment or horror [口] (因窘迫或恐惧而)扭曲身子，蜷缩 □ make a person's hair curl colloq. shock or horrify a person [口]使人毛骨悚然 □ out of curl Brit. lacking energy [英]无生气，缺少活力 [Middle English from obsolete adj. crolle, crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul] |