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蘇格蘭的冰上擲石遊戲,頭發的捲曲,卷縮

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Curl \Curl\ (k[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curled} (k[^u]rld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Curling}.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan.
   kr["o]lle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to
   E. crook. Cf. {Curl}, n., {Cruller}.]
   1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

            But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
                                                  --Cascoigne.

   2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.

            Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath
            in sight of Eve.                      --Milton.

   3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.

            Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg[ae]ra.
                                                  --Milton.

            Curling with metaphors a plain intention. --Herbert.

   4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

            Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl
            the waves.                            --Dryden.

   5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.

Curling \Curl"ing\, n.
   1. 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.

   2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron
      are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

            Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and
            played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to
            another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a
            hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at
            top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as
            near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his
            partner, which has been well laid before, or to
            strike off that of his antagonist.    --Pennant
                                                  (Tour in
                                                  Scotland.
                                                  1772).

   {Curling irons}, {Curling tong}, an instrument for curling
      the hair; -- commonly heated when used.

資料來源 : WordNet®

curling
     adj : having curls [syn: {curled}]

curling
     n : a game played on ice; curling stones (heavy stones with
         handles) are slid toward a target