| 释义 |
frizz
I. verb
also friz \ˈfriz\
(frizzed ; frizzed ; frizzing ; frizzes)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by frizzle) of French friser to shrivel up (as meat when fried), curl, crimp, probably from fris-, stem of frire to fry — more at fry
transitive verb
1. : to form into small tight curls : curl
< plays a frizzed girl of the 20s — Time >
— often used with up
< a young girl frizzing up her hair in preparation for a date >
2. : to remove a thin layer of the grain side of (a skin) in leather manufacture (as by rubbing with pumice stone or a blunt instrument after prolonged liming); also : to pare off with a sharp knife (as in the making of glove leather)
intransitive verb
of hair : to be in or form into a mass of tight curls
II. noun
also friz \“\
(-es)
1. : a tight curl or curls
< she took a pencil from the frizz behind her ear — Elizabeth Taylor >
2. : hair that is tightly curled
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by sizzle) of fry (I)
: to fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise : sizzle |