資料來源 : pyDict

曲線,彎曲,曲球彎,使彎曲成曲形

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

Curve \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See
   {Cirb}.]
   Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a
   curve surface.

Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.]
   1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure;
      as, a curve in a railway or canal.

   2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
      no finite portion of it a straight line.

   {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}.

   {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}.

   {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the
      shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities
      of a curve from its equation.

   {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes
      through three points of the curve, it passes through all
      the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a
      {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}.

Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a.,
   {Curb}.]
   To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
   cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
   in pitching it.

Curve \Curve\, v. i.
   To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
   road curves to the right.

資料來源 : WordNet®

curve
     v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
          left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
          right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {trend}, {veer}, {slue},
           {slew}, {cut}]
     2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
        [syn: {wind}]
     3: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve
        nicely" [syn: {arch}, {arc}]
     4: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the
        road curved sharply" [syn: {crook}]
     5: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
        the ceiling" [syn: {curl}, {kink}]

curve
     n 1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn:
           {curved shape}] [ant: {straight line}]
     2: a line on a graph representing data
     3: a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it
        approach the batter [syn: {curve ball}, {breaking ball}, {bender}]
     4: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
        [syn: {curvature}]
     5: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
        [syn: {bend}]