核心畫面

Picture a ribbon pulled along a scissor blade: it stops lying flat and springs into little rings. That is curly — a line that turns round on itself instead of running straight. Hair is where you meet it first, but any shape that bends round can take the word.

可以想成一條緞帶被剪刀刃拉過去之後的樣子:它不再平平地垂著,而是一圈一圈捲了起來。curly 講的就是這個——本來可更多收起可以想成一條緞帶被剪刀刃拉過去之後的樣子:它不再平平地垂著,而是一圈一圈捲了起來。curly 講的就是這個——本來可以是直線的東西,偏偏繞著自己轉。最先遇到的一定是頭髮,但只要形狀是「彎著繞回來」而不是「一路直過去」,都能用上這個字。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Curlyname

  • 1

    A nickname for a person with curly hair.

  • 2

    A nickname for a bald person.

  • 3

    A male given name.

curlyadj/ˈkɜːli/

  • 1

    Having curls.

  • 2

    mediapublishingtypographyCurling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)

  • 3

    Complicated and difficult; knotty.

    • Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.

curlynoun/ˈkɜːli/

  • 1

    a person or animal with curly hair.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。