| 单词 | curve |
| 释义 | curve (once / 211 pages) nv WORD FAMILY curve: curvature, curved, curves, curvey, curving, curvy, recurve+/curvature: curvatures, incurvature/curved: decurved, incurved, uncurved/curving: curvingly, uncurving/curvy: curvily/recurve: recurved, recurves, recurving USAGE EXAMPLESFor instance, the first form is modeled after a talwar, a curved sword with Indian origins. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) They say the car was traveling westbound and couldn’t negotiate a curve in the road. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) He fears the numbers aren’t an aberration, but the beginning of another upward curve. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper curved shape straight line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape, bell-shaped curve, normal curve a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution meandera bend or curve, as in a stream or river closed curvea curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints S-shapea double curve resembling the letter S catenarythe curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points Cupid's bowthe double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow undulation, wavean undulating curve extradosthe exterior curve of an arch goosenecksomething in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) intradosthe interior curve of an arch bend, crook, turn, twista circular segment of a curve crotchet, hooka sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook envelopea curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves arca continuous portion of a circle crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallopone of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) spirala plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center helix, spirala curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle perversiona curve that reverses the direction of something sinuosity, sinuousnesshaving curves archa curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening bell, bell shape, campanathe shape of a bell arc, bowsomething curved in shape crescentany shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters quadric, quadric surfacea curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree line roulette, roulettea line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure limbthe graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles oxbowa U-shaped curve in a stream rainbowan arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain Jordan curve, simple closed curvea closed curve that does not intersect itself uncus(biology) any hook-shaped process or part bighta bend or curve (especially in a coastline) double helixa pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis hyperboloida quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis cycloida line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line sine curve, sinusoidthe curve of y=sin x epicycloida line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle hypocycloida line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle line a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point 2n the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface Syn|Hypo|Hyper curvature curliness, waviness (of hair) a tendency to curl straightness(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) 3n curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend blind bend, blind curve a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving elbowa sharp bend in a road or river hairpin benda U-shaped bend in a road section, segment one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object 4n a line on a graph representing data Hypo|Hyper regression curve, regression line a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line line a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point 5n a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter Syn|Hyper bender, breaking ball, curve ball delivery, pitch (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter 6v form a curl, curve, or kink Syn|Hyper curl, kink change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 7v form an arch or curve her hips curve nicely Syn|Hypo|Hyper arc, arch camber curve upward in the middle bend, flex form a curve 8v bend or cause to bend the road curved sharply Syn|Hypo|Hyper crook recurve curve or bend (something) back or down bend, flex form a curve 9v extend in curves and turns Syn|Hypo|Hyper twist, wind circumvolute wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail spiralform a spiral snakeform a snake-like pattern be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 10v turn sharply; change direction abruptly Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer peel off leave a formation yawswerve off course momentarily turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
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