curl
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they curl | |
| he / she / it curls | |
| past simple curled | |
| past participle curled | |
| -ing form curling |
- [intransitive, transitive] curl (something)
to form or make something form into a curl or curls 卷；（使）拳曲，鬈曲 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- tightly
- slightly
- back
- …
- around
- round
- from
- …
- curled up
- curl (up) at the edges
- [intransitive, transitive]
to form or make something form into a curved shape （使）成拳曲状；蜷缩 
- (+ adv./prep.)
The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep. 那只猫蜷缩成一团睡着了。 - curl something (+ adv./prep.)
She curled her legs up under her. 她盘腿坐着。
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesc1The photograph was brown and curling at the edges. 照片发黄了，边儿都卷了起来。 His fingers curled tightly around the steering wheel. 他的手指紧紧把住方向盘。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- tightly
- slightly
- back
- …
- around
- round
- from
- …
- curled up
- curl (up) at the edges
- (+ adv./prep.)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move while forming into a twisted or curved shape; to make something do this （使）呈螺旋（或卷曲）状移动；（使）旋绕；缭绕 - (+ adv./prep.)
The smoke curled steadily upwards. 烟袅袅上升。 The honeysuckle curled around the trunk of the apple tree. 金银花缠绕在苹果树的树干上。 Smoke was curling up from the chimney. 烟从烟囱里缭绕而上。 - curl something (+ adv./prep.)
He turned and curled the ball around the goalkeeper. 他转身把球一盘，绕过了守门员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- tightly
- slightly
- back
- …
- around
- round
- from
- …
- curled up
- curl (up) at the edges
- (+ adv./prep.)
- [transitive, intransitive] curl (something)
if you curl your lip or your lip curls, you move your lip upwards and to the side to show that you think somebody/something is stupid or that you are better than they are 噘起（嘴唇）；撇（嘴）
Word Originlate Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul.
Idioms
make somebody’s toes curl
to make somebody feel embarrassed or uncomfortable 使人尴尬；使人难为情 The man's broad smile made her toes curl. 那个男人咧大嘴笑让她感到不自在。