名詞 curl:

1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
   同義詞：coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
2. American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
   同義詞：Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
3. a strand or cluster of hair
   同義詞：lock, ringlet, whorl

動詞 curl:

1. form a curl, curve, or kink
   同義詞：curve, kink
2. shape one's body into a curl
   同義詞：curl up, draw in
3. wind around something in coils or loops
   同義詞：coil, loop
4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   同義詞：wave
5. play the Scottish game of curling

1. My father's bad jokes always make me curl up.
   父親那些要不得的玩笑總是讓我很難為情。
2. A blow to the stomach made him curl up.
   他腹部受到一擊而直不起腰來。
3. I just curled up when I saw her dressed as a clown.
   我見她打扮得像個小丑，把我笑得直不起腰來。
4. She curled up in front of the fire with a book.
   她蜷曲在爐火前看書。
5. The dying leaves became brown and curled up.
   快死的葉子發(fā)黃而卷曲。
6. The lovely boy has beautiful blonde curls.
   這個可愛的小男孩長著漂亮的金黃色卷發(fā)。

curl

v.（動詞）
curled,curl.ing,curls
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
卷成小圈：把（頭發(fā)等）卷曲成小環(huán)或小圈
To form into a coiled or spiral shape:
使…成盤旋狀，使…成螺旋狀：
例句：
curled the ends of the ribbon.
將緞帶的兩端卷成螺旋狀

To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.
裝飾成盤旋狀，裝飾成螺旋狀
To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.
撇嘴，翹嘴：翹起或撇起（上嘴唇），如在咆哮或表示輕蔑時
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form ringlets or coils.
形成小環(huán)，形成小圈
To assume a spiral or curved shape.
呈現(xiàn)盤旋狀，呈現(xiàn)螺旋狀
To move in a curve or spiral:
呈曲線移動，螺旋狀移動：
例句：
The wave curled over the surfer.
波浪從沖浪運動員頭上盤旋而過

Sports To engage in curling.
【體育運動】 做冰上溜石游戲
n.（名詞）
Something with a spiral or coiled shape.
卷曲物，螺旋狀物
A coil or ringlet of hair.
小卷發(fā)：頭發(fā)上的小卷或彎曲
A treatment in which the hair is curled.
卷發(fā)：一種使頭發(fā)卷曲的處理方法

The act of curling:
卷曲：卷曲的行為：
例句：
the curl of a meandering river.
河流彎彎曲曲地盤旋流動

The state of being curled.
卷曲：卷曲的狀態(tài)
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.
【體育運動】 舉重練習：一種舉重練習，用單手或雙手把位于大腿或體側的杠鈴舉到胸部或肩部，然后再放下，并保持上臂、肩部和背部不動
Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.
卷葉?。喝我环N葉子呈卷曲狀的植物疾病

<常用詞組>curl up
To assume a position with the legs drawn up:
蜷曲：將雙腿向上聳起的姿勢：
例句：
The child curled up in an armchair to read.
那個小孩蜷曲在沙發(fā)里看書

來源：
Middle English crullen, curlen
中古英語 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語]