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curl

Word family 
Related topics: Shapes, patterns
curl1 /kɜːl $ kɜːrl/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
1  CFto form a twisted or curved shape, or to make something do this （使）彎曲；盤繞，纏繞
Mary was busy curling her hair.
瑪麗在忙着卷頭發。
curl around/round
Ivy curled round the tree.
常春藤纏繞在樹上。
2  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BEND to move, forming a twisted or curved shape, or to make something do this （使）呈曲線移動；（使）旋繞
curl across/along etc
Morning mists curled across the river.
河面上晨霧缭繞。
curl something around/round/over etc something
He curled his arm around Claudia’s waist.
他伸手攬住克勞迪娅的腰。
3  DISAPPROVEif you curl your lip, or if your lip curls, you move it upwards and sideways, to show that you disapprove of someone or something 噘起〔嘴唇，表示反對〕
Her lip curled in contempt.
她輕蔑地撇撇嘴。
4 curl up phrasal verbphr v 
a) BENDto move so that you are lying or sitting with your arms and legs bent close to your body 蜷縮
I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.
我只想蜷着身體睡覺。
Sarah was curled up on the sofa.
薩拉蜷縮在沙發上。
b) BENDif something flat curls up, its edges start to become curved and point upwards 〔物體邊緣〕卷起，翹起
The letter was now yellow and beginning to curl up.
信紙如今已泛黃，邊開始卷起來了。
Examples from the Corpus
curl up• I was so tired all I wanted to do was curl up and watch TV.• She curled up in her bed that night, thinking of Michel.• The two cats curled up together in the armchair.
→ make somebody’s toes curl at toe1(5), → make your hair curl at hair(9)
Examples from the Corpus
curl• Penelope's fingers curled and uncurled nervously in her lap.• Thick, dark hair curled around his face and his rolled-up sleeves revealed strong, well-muscled arms.• I threw the letter into the fire. It curled, darkened, and then burst into flames.• The document was yellow and its edges had curled inward.• I didn't have a chance to curl my hair this morning.• One of her feet curled over the top of the other one, and rubbed it affectionately.• Touch it again, and it will curl up again, and then stretch out once more.• Booze was soporific, the brain was programmed to zero, it curled up and slept.• I curled up in a fetal position after the Elimination Ritual and waited for sleep to come.• She curled up in a tight ball as though to stop herself from breaking apart.
curl around/round• A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof.• Still further off the bay curls round and vanishes in mist.• She thought Robin must sleep in this bed with Penny, curled around her protectively as you would sleep with a kitten.• A musk smell lingered on Groves' sleeve, from where the female snake had curled around his arm.• Thick, dark hair curled around his face and his rolled-up sleeves revealed strong, well-muscled arms.• He studies the little dark face and massages a limp hand until the fingers curl around his own.• These leaves, too, were curled around the edges, and their undersides were covered with a downy tan fuzz.• Sure enough, when they went out to the yard, the same snake was curled around the same plant.
curl across/along etc• Beyond it flowed the heavy mainstream, with small eddies curling along and through the wire on the surface.• The storm curled along the coast like a question mark; all over the city people braced themselves.
Related topics: Shapes, patterns
curl2 ●●○ noun
1  [countableC]DC a piece of hair that hangs in a curved shape 鬈發
a little boy with beautiful blonde curls
滿頭漂亮的金色鬈發的小男孩
2  [singular, uncountableU] the ability of your hair to form curls 〔頭發的〕卷曲
Use a diffuser to maximise the volume and curl of your hair.
使用電吹風罩把頭發吹得蓬鬆卷曲。
hair that has a natural curl
自然卷曲的頭發
3  [countableC]CF something in the shape of a curve 卷曲物，螺旋狀物
Decorate the cake with chocolate curls.
用巧克力圈裝飾蛋糕。
curl of
A curl of smoke rose from her cigarette.
她的香煙冒出一縷煙霧。
4. [countableC] an exercise in which you repeatedly bend your arms, legs, or stomach in order to make your muscles strong 〔鍛煉肌肉的〕彎曲運動 →5 see picture at 見圖 gym
5. curl of somebody’s lip/mouth DISAPPROVEa sideways and upwards movement of your lip or mouth, showing that you disapprove of someone or something 撇嘴，噘嘴〔表示不贊同〕
Examples from the Corpus
curl of somebody’s lip/mouth• David had always treated them with a superior curl of the lip.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
soft/loose curls (=gentle curves)
long brown hair in soft curls
tight curls (=curves that are very close together)
Her dark hair was arranged in tight curls.
natural curls
You're lucky if you have natural curls.
a stray/wayward curl (=hanging in an untidy way)
Emily pushed back a stray curl.
golden/dark/black etc curls
a little boy with a tangle of blond curls
verbs
curls fall/tumble (=hang down)
The child's golden curls fell around her shoulders.
phrases
a mass/mop of curls (=a lot of curls)
a gorgeous Italian man with a mass of dark curls
a tangle of curls (=curls that are not neatly combed)
a boy with a tangle of brown curls
Examples from the Corpus
curl• Sleep had flattened one side of her Afro and a curl had broken free above her forehead.• A curl of smoke rose from her cigarette.• Chocolate curls make an elegant decoration for cakes and desserts.• Afterwards she combed out long gray curls which turned into ringlets in the sun.• My hair is flat, it has lost its curl.• Apply Sorbie Curl Forme on to hair to revitalise curls and add body and shine.• These keep the curls tight and the cuticle sealed.• Do two sets each of bicep and tricep curls.• He had startlingly blue eyes and dark tumbling curls over his forehead; a narrow face; a skinny body.
Origin curl1
(1300-1400) crul “curly” ((1300-1400)), probably from Middle Dutch

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