单词 | to curl hair |
释义 | > as lemmasto curl (a person's) hair b. to curl (a person's) hair: to horrify, to frighten. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > horrify [verb (transitive)] agrisec1225 uga1250 freeze1398 curl1530 abhor1531 to chill the (also a person's) blood1637 horror1642 horrorize1820 horrify1822 behorror1857 to curl (a person's) hair1949 1949 ‘P. Wentworth’ Spotlight xix. 119 And anything like the language—..I give you my word it was enough to curl your hair. 1958 Ann. Reg. 1957 186 Mr. Humphrey said that, unless the Government stopped taking so much out of the economy, there would be ‘a depression that will curl your hair’. < as lemmas |
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