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词汇 furl
释义 furl
verb[ T ]
uk /fɜːl/ us /fɝːl/
to fold and roll something such as a flag, sail, or umbrella into a tight tube shape卷起,收拢(旗、帆、伞等)
Opposite
unfurl
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things more or less smooth or straight
bunch
bunch (something) up
coarsen
coarsening
collapse
creased
crinkle
fold
folding
grooming
interfold
isolator
pucker
pumice stone
sand
sandpaper
screw
sleek
sleek back/down
smoothen
Examples from literature

And besides, if you let the umbrella down you can furl it and use it for a walking-stick, and instead of being a hindrance it will be a help to you. 
As soon as the sails were furled, the yards were sent down. 
He saw her pause before the door of the opposite house, open it with a latchkey, and caught a full view of her profile in the single moment that she turned to furl her umbrella and enter. 
So we went up and furled all sail, a tedious business when the sails are wet and heavy. 
Were I on my schooner and had the same storm blown up so suddenly, we should not have had time to furl a sail. 

furl | American Dictionary


furl
verb[ T ]
us/ˈfɜrl/
(esp. of a flag, sail, or umbrella) to roll or fold up and fasten:
He took down the flag and furled it carefully.

Examples of furl


furl
Even colours were a matter of thoughtful calculation : on one occasion the defeated were allowed to march out with one colour flying and the other furled.
I would like to examine for a moment the reason he gave for furling his sails.
From the
Hansard archive

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We are providing a furl her £30 million for modernising and adapting the offices that remain.
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If you have traded obligations, you have a financial incentive for those who could go furl her than their minimum objective to do better.
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At this stage and after this important debate there is time for furl her reflection on all sides.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The fact is that direct rule goes on in an umbrella relationship, and an umbrella can be wholly or partially erect or wholly or partially furled.
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Hansard archive

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It is at early stage convex and furled on the slightly churlish edge, and depressed in the centre and later flat, funnel-shaped depressed.
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Due to the weather conditions it was not possible to furl all the sails.
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To furl the mainsail, the boom is unlocked, and then rotated to take up the desired amount of mainsail, and then locked in place.
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In addition to being used by sailors for reefing and furling sails, it is also one of the key knots of macrame textiles.
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His hair are very well grown and are normally furling in the wind.
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Flags and ensigns are hauled down or furled, and ships' colors are struck to signal a surrender.
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A roll mainsail is furled by being rolled within (or around) the mast or boom.
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The sails, when not deployed, furl into the mast.
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A rigger worked the running rigging and furled and released sails.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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