单词 | out of curl |
释义 | > as lemmasout of curl a. The action of curling, or state of being curled. in curl, out of curl: said of hair which is kept curled, or which has gone straight. Also figurative, as in to go out of curl: to lose one's activity and ‘vim’, to become limp. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation crispation1626 curling1626 curl1665 kink1678 crispature1745 quirling1754 kinkle1862 the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be weak > become weak of-fall?a1200 fail?c1225 wastea1300 languisha1325 defail1340 languora1375 defaulta1382 wastea1387 faintc1450 mortifyc1475 hink?a1500 traik?a1513 droopc1540 unquick1595 macerate1598 dodder1617 lachanize1623 smartle1673 break1726 go1748 sink1780 wilt1787 falter1799 weaken1886 to go down1892 to go out of curl1924 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 188 In calm weather..the water is pacifique and without the least visible curl or wrinkle. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. iv. 27 It [sc. the breeze] comes in a fine, small, black Curle upon the Water. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 4 47 The waves..spend their fury in a gentle curl up the slope. 1835 J. G. Whittier Hunters of Men iii Hunting the black man, whose sin Is the curl of his hair and the hue of his skin! a1893 Mod. To keep the hair in curl. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers i. 10 Tha'rt not long in taking the curl out of me. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. ix ‘If you got pneumonia,’ he said, ‘I should go clean out of curl.’ 1964 E. McCarthy Frankly Feminine 52 A ‘perm-set’..will stay in curl for around eight weeks. < as lemmas |
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