As he got older, his hair lost its curl.

随着他渐渐长大,他的头发不再卷曲了。

The lovely boy has beautiful blonde curls.

这个可爱的小男孩长着漂亮的金黄色卷发。

He saw a curl on the water, the general forerunner of a storm at sea.

他看见水面有一个漩涡，这是大海风暴的常见前兆。

She doesn curl her hair any longer.

她也不卷头发了。

The dying leaves became brown and curled up.

快死的叶子发黄而卷曲。

She curled up in front of the fire with a book.

她蜷曲在炉火前看书。

A blow to the stomach made him curl up.

他腹部受到一击而直不起腰来。

I just curled up when I saw her dressed as a clown.

我见她打扮得像个小丑，把我笑得直不起腰来。

His hair curls naturally.

他的头发天生鬈曲。

The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep.

那只猫蜷缩成一团睡着了。

She curled her legs up under her.

她盘腿坐着。

The smoke curled steadily upwards.

烟袅袅上升。

He turned and curled the ball around the goalkeeper.

他转身把球一盘，绕过了守门员。

She curled up and closed her eyes.

她蜷成一团，闭上了眼睛。

The paper started to shrivel and curl up in the heat.

那张纸在高温下开始起皱卷曲。

Her hair was a mass of curls.

她满头鬈发。

The baby had dark eyes and dark curls.

那婴孩长着深色的眼睛和深色的鬈发。

His hair had a natural curl.

他的头发是自然鬈。

a curl of smoke

一缕青烟

Decorate the cake with curls of chocolate.

用圈状巧克力来装饰这个蛋糕。

a contemptuous curl of the lip (= an expression showing disapproval)

轻蔑地撇一撇嘴

...the little girl with blonde curls...

长着金色卷发的小女孩

A curl of black hair fell loosely across his forehead.

他的额头上垂着一绺散开的黑色卷发。

Dry curly hair naturally for maximum curl and shine.

让卷发自然变干，才能使头发卷最多，最有光泽。

She has hair that refuses to curl...

她头发不易出卷。

Maria had curled her hair for the event...

玛丽亚为出席那次活动烫了头发。

A thin curl of smoke rose from a rusty stove.

生锈的炉子里冒出一缕青烟。

...curls of lemon peel.

螺旋状的柠檬皮

His fingers curled gently round her wrist...

他轻轻地握住她的手腕。

Raise one foot, curl the toes and point the foot downwards...

抬起一只脚，弯曲脚趾，使脚尖朝下。

Smoke was curling up the chimney...

烟从烟囱里袅袅升起。

He curled the ball into the net.

他一脚弧线球射门成功。

He wanted to curl into a tiny ball...

他想蜷缩成小小的一团。

The kitten was curled on a cushion on the sofa.

那只小猫在沙发垫子上蜷缩成了一团。

The rose leaves have curled because of an attack by grubs.

玫瑰的叶子因为闹虫害而卷边了。

He curled his upper lip in a show of scepticism...

他撇嘴表示怀疑。

She had a small, mean mouth that curled disapprovingly each time her husband wrote something in his diary.

每次丈夫写日记时，她都会不满地撇撇那张刻薄的小嘴。

1. She is a girl with beautiful blonde curls.
   她是一个有漂亮的金黄色鬈发的女孩。
2. A curl of smoke rose from her cigarette.
   她的香烟冒出一缕弯曲的清烟。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. My hair curls naturally.
   我的头发是自然卷。
2. The smoke from the campfire curled upward.
   烟自营火缭绕上升。
3. The climbing plant curled round the trunk of the tree.
   攀缘植物盘绕着树干。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. I have never curled my hair.
   我从未卷过自己的头发。
2. He curled his lips in disdain.
   他轻蔑地撇着嘴。

curl up( v.+adv. )

(使)厌恶,(使)感到恶心 (cause to) feel an unpleasant dislike
curl up

The dying leaves became brown and curled up.

快死的叶子发黄而卷曲。

curl sb/sth ⇔ up

The boy curled himself up in the big soft armchair with a book.

这个孩子在又大又软的安乐椅中蜷着身子,手里拿着一本书。

The snake was curled up in the long grass.

在深草中,这条蛇盘着身子。

curl up

In the still air, smoke could be seen curling up from the chimney.

在无风的天气里,可以看到烟从烟囱中缭绕升起。

curl up

When his business failed, the owner just curled up and died.

那店主经营失败,心力交瘁而死。

curl sb ⇔ up

The fighter's well-aimed blow curled his opponent up.

那位拳击手看准目标,一拳把对手打垮了。

curl up

Mary just curled up when Jim walked in wearing his funny clothes.

当吉姆穿着滑稽的衣服走进来时,玛丽笑得前仰后合。

curl up

I just curled up when I saw the colors he had chosen.

看到他选择的颜色,我真感到恶心。

curl sb ⇔ up

What he said really curls me up.

他的话真叫我恶心。

形容词+～

• curls">long curls长的鬈发

介词+～

• curl">in curl蜷曲
• curl">out of curl不再蜷曲

～+名词

• curl%20hair">curl hair使头发蜷曲
• curl%20lips">curl lips撇嘴

～+副词

• curl%20up">curl up卷曲,缭绕升起,垮掉

• Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself.

  出自：Hamlet,Shakespeare

• Soft zephyrs curling the wide, watery main.

  出自：Pope

在理发店

A：What kind of permanent would you like to have?
您想烫什么样的发型？

B：What kinds do you have?
你们能烫什么样的发型？

curl的解释

A：Oh, we have quite a varity:regular, cold perm, straight perm, pincurl and foam.
啊，我们能烫很多种类：普通的、汽烫、直发烫、卷发和泡沫烫。

B：Last time I tried a pincurl perm and a foam permanent. Set the wave a little looser than usual, please.
我上次躺了卷发，觉得太卷了。今天不妨试试泡沫烫。你把波浪弄的比以往松些。