英语词典 · 单词释义
curve
英 [kɜːv] 美 [kɝv]
这里集中整理“curve”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 曲线；弯曲；曲线球；曲线图表
- vt. 弯；使弯曲
- vi. 成曲形
- adj. 弯曲的；曲线形的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: curves;第三人称单数: curves;过去式: curved;过去分词: curved;现在分词: curving;
中文词源
curve 曲线，弧度
来自PIE*sker, 弯，转，词源同ring, curly.
英文词源
- curve
- curve: [15] Curve has a wide circle of relations in English. It comes from Latin curvus ‘curved’, which had connections with Greek kurtós ‘curved’, Greek korōnos ‘curved’ (source of English crown), and Greek kírkos ‘ring, circle’ (source of English circle). When English acquired it, it was still an adjective, and English did not convert it into a noun until the 17th century.
=> circle, crown, curb - curve (v.)
- early 15c. (implied in curved), from Latin curvus "crooked, curved, bent," and curvare "to bend," both from PIE root *(s)ker- (2) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.)).
- curve (n.)
- 1690s, "curved line," from curve (v.). With reference to the female figure (usually plural, curves), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from 1879.
双语例句
- 1. Was it just a temporary blip on an otherwise healthy growth curve?
- 这是否是原本良好的增长曲线中暂时的偏离？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Both he and the crew are on a steep learning curve.
- 他和组员们都学得很快。
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- 3. The slope increases as you go up the curve.
- 上了弯道以后，路越来越陡。
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- 4. There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
- 找工作有一个经验累积的过程。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Each firm will face a downward-sloping demand curve.
- 每一家企业都将面临需求曲线的下滑。
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