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- form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape（使）卷曲; （使）成螺旋形：
no obj. her fingers curled round the microphone她的手指环握着麦克风
a slice of ham had begun to curl up at the edges
一片火腿肉的边缘开始卷曲起来
with obj. she used to curl her hair with rags.她过去常用破布头卷头发。
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- no obj.
curl up
sit or lie with the knees drawn up蜷曲着肢体坐（或躺）： she curled up and went to sleep.
她蜷曲着身子入睡了。
1.2
- move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course（使）盘绕; （使）弯弯曲曲移动：
no obj., with adverbial of direction a wisp of smoke curling across the sky一缕轻烟在空中缭绕而过。
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- (with reference to one's mouth or upper lip) raise or cause to raise slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval（为表示蔑视或不赞成而）撇（嘴）：
no obj. Maria saw his lip curl sardonically.玛丽看见他冷嘲热讽地撇了撇嘴。
1.4
- (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms（举重训练中仅用双手、手腕和前臂）举起（重物）。
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- no obj. play at the game of curling参加冰壶运动。
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- a lock of hair having a spiral or coiled form（一绺）鬈发：
her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls.
她的一头金黄色头发乱成一团。
1.1
- a thing having a spiral or inwardly curved form螺旋状物; 卷曲物：
a curl of blue smoke
一团缭绕的蓝色轻烟。
1.2
- a curling movement卷曲; 盘绕：
the sneering curl of his lip
他那表示轻蔑的一撇嘴。
1.3
- (with reference to a person's hair) a state or condition of being curled（头发的）拳曲：
your hair has a natural curl
你的头发是自然卷
mass noun large perm rods give volume and control rather than lots of curl.大型烫发钳的作用是使头发变得蓬松而可控, 并非使其曲曲弯弯。
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- a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms仅用双手、手腕和前臂的举重练习：
a dumb-bell curl
举哑铃练习。
2
- Mathematics the vector product of the operator del and a given vector【数】旋度; 旋量。
短语
make someone's hair curl
- informal shock or horrify someone〈非正式〉使人毛骨悚然。
词源
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle 'curly', from Middle Dutch krul.