furl
/fɜːl/verb
with obj.
1- roll or fold up and secure neatly (a flag, sail, umbrella, or other piece of fabric)卷起, 收卷, 收拢, 拉拢(旗、帆、伞或其他织物):
the flag was tightly furled
旗被紧紧地收卷
as adj. furled a furled umbrella.收拢的雨伞。
1.1
- no obj. poetic/literary become rolled up; curl〈诗/文〉卷起; 蜷曲:
as adj. furled the plant sends up cones of furled leaves.这种植物长出卷拢成圆锥形的叶片。
派生词
furlable
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from French ferler, from Old French fer, ferm 'firm' + lier 'bind' (from Latin ligare).