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词汇 curl
释义 curl
noun
uk /kɜːl/ us /kɝːl/
[ C or U ]
a piece of hair that grows or has been formed into a curving shape, or something that is the same shape as this: 鬈发,卷发;卷曲物,螺旋状物
tight/loose curls密密的/蓬松的卷发
in curlsHer hair fell in curls over her shoulders.她的头发卷曲着垂在肩上。
Curls of smoke were rising from the chimney.缕缕青烟从烟囱中升起。
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wavenoun(HAIR CURVES)
 
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[ C or U ]UK(alsocurve)
the curved shape in which a ball moves when it is hit or kicked in a particular way: (球运动的)弧线轨迹
The curl on the shot sent it looping around the keeper into the far corner of the net.弧线球绕过守门员从远角飞入球门。
[ C or U ]
an exercise using weights in which you move your arm or leg from straight to bent and back:
bicep curl She uses 5-pound weights for bicep curls.
Twice a week, do both leg extensions and leg curls on a weight machine.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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afro-textured
anti-dandruff
as bald as a cootphrase
baldness
bedhead
flyaway
fuzzy
kink
receding hairline
shaggy
soul patch
stubbly
tache
tash
textured
tousled
unkempt
wavy
wig
wiry

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Exercising & training
curl
verb
uk /kɜːl/ us /kɝːl/

curlverb (MAKE A SHAPE)


[ I or T ]
to make something into the shape of a curl, or to grow or change into this shape: (使)卷曲;(使)弯曲
curl naturallyDoes your hair curl naturally, or is it permed?你的头发是自然卷还是烫过?
curl something around somethingA new baby will automatically curl its fingers around any object it touches.
[ I or T ]
to make a ball move in a curved shape by hitting or kicking it in a particular way or of a ball, to move in this way: 打(或踢)出弧线球
He curled the ball into the top right hand corner.他一记弧线球从球门右上角打入。
Peterson's free-kick curled just wide.
 curl your lip
to show by an upward movement of one side of your mouth that you feel no respect for something or someone: 撇嘴(表示不敬)
Her lip curled at what he said.对于他说的话,她不以为然地撇了撇嘴。
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bewigged
braid
coiffeur
colourist
dip dye
foil
frost
gel
hairdressing
hairstylist
henna
loose
peroxide
scalp
texture
tong
tonsorial
trim
uncropped
wigged

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General terms used in ball sports

curlverb (SPORT)


[ I ]
to play the sport of curling(= a game played on ice in which stones are slid towards a target):
"Learn to curl" sessions teach you the basics of curling.
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airboard
airboarder
airboarding
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après-ski
biathlon
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enforcer
face off
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figure skating
forecheck
skating rink
skiboard
skiboarding
skier
skiing
slalom
sledge
sleigh

Idiom


curl up and die

Phrasal verb


curl up

curl | American Dictionary


curl
noun[ C/U ]
us/kɜrl/
a piece of hair having a curving shape, like part of a circle, or something else having a circular shape:
[ C ]He loved that dark curl at the back of her neck.
[ C ]We watched the curls of smoke rise from his pipe.
curl
verb[ I/T ]
us/kɜrl/
to form or cause something to form a curving or twisted shape:
[ T ]If I don’t curl my hair, it looks too stringy.

Phrasal verb


curl up

Examples of curl


curl
Spines rammed by table legs busting the strings of ukuleles curling into black lumps.
A leaf or leaflet was defined as curled if over 30% of the leaf edge was curled upwards.
The eager boy-men are crouched over its curling exhaust formed by the electric-car track,34 with the electrical toy the satirical equivalent of the electronic countermeasures in the real bomber.
B: during diastole, massive pulmonary regurgitation is directed toward the right ventricular free wall, u'hich curls around, and then moves back toward the right ventricular inflow tract.
When the rigid object is moved, it appears to flex and change shape, and be more or less curled as the elevation above eye level is increased or decreased.
In the experimental crosses all the progenies were non-purple, non-chubby and curled winged, showing that they carried one copy of the numb gene, the nb2\b2 genotypes being lethal.
After lying dying with his legs curled up in a foetal position, he retreats into the bath, then starts all over again, never managing to deliver himself from the womb.
To-day, one gets a horrible piece of paper which curls up in three months.
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She sat curled up in the middle of a bed that was made up with clean linen.
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By the time we came to office, that solution was already curling at the edges.
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Every opportunity to increase drink sales is seized; in restaurants, night clubs, "pubs", hotels—even the nineteenth hole, even the curling event, even the bowling club.
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My wife tells me that to uncurl a curled hedgehog it is necessary to offer it a saucer of hot milk.
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I have seen piles of human hair, even the little curls of babies, piled high.
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I am happy to inform him that not only are wigs tax-free but also eyelashes, eyebrows, curls, ringlets, plaits and switches.
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I refer to the effect on sporting clubs, golf clubs, rugby clubs, and curling clubs, for instance.
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