curve
noun/kɜːv/
/kɜːrv/
Idioms - a line or surface that bends gradually; a smooth bend
曲线；弧线；曲面；弯曲 - curve of something He admired the delicate curve of her ear.
他欣赏她耳朵那精致的曲线。 - The pattern was made up of straight lines and curves.
图案由直线和曲线构成。 - curve in something (especially North American English) a curve in the road
道路上的拐弯处 - on a curve (especially North American English) The driver lost control on a curve and the vehicle hit a tree.
司机在拐弯处失控，车撞到了一棵树上。 - The program automatically plots the curve on a graph.
这个程序自动在图上绘出一条曲线。 - This figure shows the population curve for the last hundred years.
该图显示了过去百年的人口曲线。
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesb2- He slowed down to negotiate the curve.
他减速以通过弯道。 - Slow down at the curves.
弯道处要减速慢行。 - The car vanished around a curve.
那辆车拐了个弯，消失了。 - The road follows the coast in a wide curve.
公路沿海岸线延伸，成了一个大弯。 - The road went around in a tight curve.
公路拐了一个急弯。 - The seats were arranged to form a curve.
座位被排成了一条弧线。 - the curve of his neck
他颈部的曲线 - the natural curve of your spine
你脊柱的自然弯曲 - the voluptuous curve of her hips
她性感的臀部曲线 - (specialist) the unemployment-income curve (= a line on a graph showing the relationship between the number of unemployed people and national income)
失业-收入曲线（= 图表上显示失业人数与国民收入之间关系的线） - a demand/yield/growth/supply curve (= on a graph )
需求/产量/增长/供给曲线（= 在图表上）
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- steep
- bell
- normal
- …
- plot
- flatten out
- indicate something
- show something
- …
- grade on a curve
- curve of something He admired the delicate curve of her ear.
- (also curveball)(in baseball) a ball that moves in a curve when it is thrown to the batter
（投向击球员的）曲线球 - (North American English, informal) (also curveball)something that is unexpected and difficult to deal with
出乎意料的难题 - curves [plural]curving shapes that form part of a woman's body
（女人身体的）曲线 - The supermodel showed off her famous curves in a figure-hugging red dress.
这位超级名模穿着红色的紧身连衣裙展示了她著名的曲线。 - The evening dress hugged her curves beautifully.
这件晚礼服紧贴她的身材曲线，显得非常美丽。
- The supermodel showed off her famous curves in a figure-hugging red dress.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent.
Idioms
ahead of/behind the curve
- (especially North American English, business) in advance of or behind a particular trend
引领／落后于潮流 - Our expert advice will help you stay ahead of the curve.
我们的专业建议将有助于你保持引领潮流。 - We've fallen behind the curve when it comes to developing new digital products.
就开发新的数字产品而论，我们已经落后了。
- Our expert advice will help you stay ahead of the curve.
flatten the curve
- to manage the rate or quantity of something so that it does not increase too much within a short period of time
管理某物的比率或数量，使其不会在短时间内增加太多 - These measures are intended to flatten the curve of new infections in order to reduce the load on hospitals.
这些措施旨在拉平新增感染病例的曲线，以减轻医院的负担。
- These measures are intended to flatten the curve of new infections in order to reduce the load on hospitals.