curl

vt

1. 使(头发)鬈曲；使弯曲

• have one's hair curled (卷) 烫头发

2. 盘绕，缠绕

• She curl one leg about the other 把一条腿盘在另一条腿上

vi

1. 变鬈

• Does her hair curl naturally? 她的头发生来就是鬈曲的吗？

2. (烟等)袅袅升起；盘绕，缠绕

• Smoke curled upward from the kitchen chimney. 炊烟袅袅。

• The climbing plant curled round the trunk of the tree. 攀援植物缠绕着树干。

词组curl up

1. 卷起；撅起(嘴)

• The paper curled up at the edges. 那张纸的边卷起来了。

• The little girl curled her mouth up in anger. 这个女孩生气地撅起嘴。

2. 使蜷曲

• He curled up in front of the fire with a novel. 他蜷曲在炉火旁看小说。

3. (烟等)袅袅升起

4. (精神上等)垮掉

• The bankruptcy curled him up. 破产使他垮掉了。