curl vt. 1.使卷曲,使成螺旋状;弄卷(毛、发),捻(髭);(狗等)蜷着(身子);使(水等)起波纹。 2.用卷毛装饰。 vi. 1.卷曲,卷缩;(烟等)缭绕,袅袅上升;(蔓等)绕缠;(球、路等)弯曲。 2.〔苏格兰语〕 冰上作溜石饼游戏。 3.〔美口〕得到极好成绩。 curl one's lip (轻蔑地,厌恶地)歪歪嘴,翘翘上唇。 curl up 1. 卷缩;卷起。 2. 〔口语〕衰弱,无精神;蜷着一团。 3. 〔俚语〕(使)崩溃,垮台;打倒,驳倒,说服(curl oneself up 把身体蜷作一团,蜷着睡)。 make sb.'s hair curl 〔口语〕使战栗,吓坏。 n. 1.卷发,卷毛;卷曲物。 2.蜷缩,盘曲;涡流。 3. (植物的)卷叶病。 4. 【机械工程】旋度。 curl of the lip (轻蔑的)歪嘴,抿嘴。 curl of wave 波浪的翻滚。 go out of curl 〔口语〕无精打采,精疲力尽。 keep the hair in curl 卷着头发。 n. -er 1. 卷曲者;卷曲物。 2. 作冰上溜石饼游戏者。
lip- lip(o)- comb. f. 表示“脂肪的”: lipolysis, lipotropic.
her pron. 1.〔she 的宾格〕她。 2.〔 she 的所有格〕她的。 3.〔古、诗〕〔作反身代名词用〕= herself. 4.〔口语〕〔作表语用〕= she. Give it to her. 把这个给她。 I am sorry about her leaving. 我对她的离去很感遗憾。 It's her, sure enough. 一定是她。 Her sister sews better than her. 她姐姐缝衣服的手艺比她高。 She sat her down by the fire. 她在炉火旁边坐下。 her indoors 〔英国〕(控制了丈夫的)内当家。
I suppose, now, said miss ingram, curling her lip sarcastically, we shall have an abstract of the memoirs of all the governesses extant : in order to avert such a visitation, i again move the introduction of a new topic “现在我猜想,”英格拉姆小姐讥嘲地喂起嘴唇说,“我们要为现存的家庭女教师编一个传记摘要了。为了避免这场灾难,我再次提议换一个新话题,罗切斯特先生,你赞成我的提议吗?”
Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities : heathcliff placed his fist, out of temptation, in his pockets; mrs heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay 希刺克厉夫不知不觉地把拳头放在他的口袋里。希刺克厉夫夫人噘着嘴,坐到远远的一张椅子那儿,在我待在那儿的一段时间里,她果然依照她的话,扮演一座石像。
As she said this, she approached her tall person and ample garments so near the window, that i was obliged to bend back almost to the breaking of my spine : in her eagerness she did not observe me at first, but when she did, she curled her lip and moved to another casement 她说这话时,高高的身子和宽大的衣服紧挨着窗子,弄得我不得不往后仰,差一点绷断了脊骨。焦急之中,她起初没有看见我,但一见我便噘起嘴,走到另外一扇窗去了。