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。
One evening the old countess in her bed - jacket , without her false curls and with only one poor wisp of hair peeping out from under her white cotton nightcap , was bowing down on the carpet , sighing and moaning as she repeated her evening prayers . her door creaked , and natasha , also in a bed - jacket , ran in , bare - legged , with her feet in slippers , and her hair in curl papers . the countess looked round and frowned 有一天晚上,老伯爵夫人戴着一项寝帽,穿着一件短上衣,没有戴假发,从那白色的细棉布寝帽下面露出一个寒酸的发髻,她一面叹气,一面发出呼哧声,跪在小小的地毯上磕头做晚祷,这时她的房门吱吱响了一下,娜塔莎赤着脚穿一双便鞋,身上也穿着一件短上衣,扎着卷发纸,跑进房间里。