curl

• vt. 使…卷曲；使卷起來
• vi. 卷曲；盤繞
• n. 卷曲；卷發；螺旋狀物
• n. (Curl)人名；(英)柯爾

詞源同crisp, curve.

curl

curl: [14] Curl seems to have been borrowed from Middle Dutch krul ‘curly’, and indeed the original English forms of the word were crolle and crulle. The present-day form arose in the 15th century by a process known as metathesis, whereby the sounds r and u were transposed. The Middle Dutch word came from a Germanic *krusl-, source also of German kraus ‘curly’. Modern Dutch krul, meanwhile, has given English cruller ‘small cake of twisted shape’ [19].
=> cruller

curl (v.)

mid-15c., metathesis of crulle (c. 1300), probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch krul "curly," from Proto-Germanic *krusl- (cognates: East Frisian krull "lock of hair," Middle High German krol, Norwegian krull, Danish krølle "curl"). The noun is recorded from c. 1600.

1. A curl of black hair fell loosely across his forehead.

他的額頭上垂著一綹散開的黑色卷發。

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2. Raise one foot, curl the toes and point the foot down-wards.

抬起一隻腳，彎曲腳趾，使腳尖朝下。

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3. A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.

生鏽的爐子裏冒出一縷青煙。

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4. Dry curly hair naturally for maximum curl and shine.

讓卷發自然變幹，才能使頭發卷最多，最有光澤。

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5. He wanted to curl into a tiny ball.

他想蜷縮成小小的一團。

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