curling 音标拼音: [k'ɚlɪŋ]
n . 苏格兰的冰上掷石游戏,头发的卷曲,卷缩
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curling adj 1 :
of hair having curls [
synonym : {
curled }, {
curling }]
n 1 :
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target Curl \
Curl \ (
k [^
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Curled } (
k [^
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rld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Curling }.] [
Akin to D .
krullen ,
Dan .
kr ["
o ]
lle ,
dial .
Sw .
krulla to curl ,
crisp ;
possibly akin to E .
crook .
Cf . {
Curl },
n ., {
Cruller }.]
1 .
To twist or form into ringlets ;
to crisp ,
as the hair .
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But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid .
--
Cascoigne .
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2 .
To twist or make onto coils ,
as a serpent '
s body .
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Of his tortuous train ,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve .
--
Milton .
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3 .
To deck with ,
or as with ,
curls ;
to ornament .
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Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg [
ae ]
ra . --
Milton .
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Curling with metaphors a plain intention . --
Herbert .
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4 .
To raise in waves or undulations ;
to ripple .
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Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves . --
Dryden .
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5 . (
Hat Making )
To shape (
the brim )
into a curve .
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Curling \
Curl "
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act or state of that which curls ;
as ,
the curling of smoke when it rises ;
the curling of a ringlet ;
also ,
the act or process of one who curls something ,
as hair ,
or the brim of hats .
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2 .
A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark .
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Curling . . .
is an amusement of the winter ,
and played on the ice ,
by sliding from one mark to another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight ,
of a hemispherical form ,
with an iron or wooden handle at top .
The object of the player is to lay his stone as near to the mark as possible ,
to guard that of his partner ,
which has been well laid before ,
or to strike off that of his antagonist . --
Pennant (
Tour in Scotland .
1772 ).
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{
Curling irons }, {
Curling tong },
an instrument for curling the hair ; --
commonly heated when used .
Called also {
curler [
4 ]}.
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