单词 | over-curl |
释义 | over-curlv. rare. 1. intransitive. To curl over. ΚΠ 1844 G. B. Cheever On Bunyan's Pilgr. (1847) iv. 108 Leaves nested with worms and overcurled. 2. transitive. To curl above (something). ΚΠ a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 155 That ivory brow half overcurled With tresses in their darkness bright. a1909 G. Meredith Poems (1919) 221 Like water-dimples down a tide Where ripple ripple overcurls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844 |
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