curl up

英 [kɜːl ʌp]

美 [kɜːrl ʌp]

蜷缩; （叶子、纸等）卷边

柯林斯词典

• → see:curl 7;8

英英释义

verb

• shape one's body into a curl
  1. She curled farther down under the covers
  2. She fell and drew in
  Synonym:curldraw in

双语例句

• After a while leaves slowly spread out, taking one look, then curl up;
  过了一会儿，树叶又慢慢地伸展开来，再碰一下，又卷曲起来。
• When I feel melancholy, I get some chocolate and curl up in bed alone.
  心情不好的时候我就去拿巧克力然后人呆在床上。
• I'd like to curl up next to a fire instead of this cold concrete.
  我想蜷缩在炉火旁，而不是这冰冷的水泥地上。
• On the battlefield such a coward like him would surely lie down and curl up.
  在战场上，象他那样的胆小鬼肯定会吓瘫倒的。
• Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position.
  猫、狗和婴儿通常都自然地卷起做胎儿式。
• I like to curl up with a story book.
  我喜欢蜷曲而卧着看故事书。
• It can be such a struggle to get out of bedin the morning and you just want to curl up in a ball, but every day you somehow find the strength to carryon and face it with such courage.
  这可能是一种挣扎在早上起床还是你就想蜷缩成一团，，但每一天你不知怎么找到继续下去的力量并面对它的这种勇气。
• When I grow up I'm going to have a couch in my house. A red couch where I can curl up and read.
  我长大后要在我的房子里摆一个沙发，要红色的，我好蜷在沙发上看书。
• You can curl up in an armchair, or in bed, with a good book.
  你可以蜷曲在一张有扶手的椅子里或床上看一本好书。
• It must be something that appeals to you and encourages you to curl up in it time after time.
  它必须是能吸引你，而且能促使你一次次蜷缩到那里。