Curling
['kɜːlɪŋ] or ['kɝlɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target.
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解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curl
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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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例句:
- She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The boy was a handsome, bright-eyed mulatto, of just Henrique's size, and his curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- In this young sportsman, distinguished by a crisply curling auburn head and a bluff countenance, the Secretary descried the orphan. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It was the precise, crackling, curling roll of automatic rifle fire. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Their most trivial action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tongs. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- As the wax dropped into the fire a long flame arose from the spot, and curling its tongue round the figure ate still further into its substance. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- You needn't do that, said Crispin, curling his lip as he observed the action; we are not going to punish you. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- He was a strongly made man with dark curling hair, from forty-five to fifty years of age. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- He has thick curling brown hair and black eyebrows now, and his whiskers are of the deepest purple. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- And then you chattered, and she told you---- It was not at curling-hair time, so you are not as wise as you think; and, besides, she didn't tell me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He has long, curling dark hair; he is carefully and cavalierly dressed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- When she was quite herself again, and was curling Jip's ears, as he lay upon her lap, I became grave, and said: 'My own! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Do you know, the curling lipand sarcastically levelled glass thus directed, gave me a most curious sensation? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I wish you could see him; he is very tall of his age, with sweet laughing blue eyes, dark eye-lashes, and curling hair. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
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