)curl
(使)卷曲1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
同义词：coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
2. American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
同义词：Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
3. a strand or cluster of hair
同义词：lock, ringlet, whorl
动词curl:
1. form a curl, curve, or kink
同义词：curve, kink
2. shape one's body into a curl
同义词：curl up, draw in
3. wind around something in coils or loops
同义词：coil, loop
4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
同义词：wave
5. play the Scottish game of curling
- 习惯用语
- go out of curl 垮台, 一切都完了
- out of curl (卷发)不卷曲 身体不舒服
- curl down 把身子蜷做一团躺着
- curl of the lip(s) 撇嘴(表示轻蔑或憎恶)
- curl up (使)卷缩 把身子蜷做一团 [口](使)垮下去, (使)倒下 [口](因恐惧等)缩成一团; 局促不安; 感到恶心; 使作呕 [口]沉默起来, 不再作声
