单词 | uncurling |
释义 | uncurlingadj. (un- prefix1 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [adjective] unravelling1711 uncurling1728 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > straight uncurled1596 lanky1670 lankish1689 lank1690 straight1748 sleeking1827 uncrisped1827 uncurling1854 curlless1861 1728 J. Thomson Spring 11 Th' uncurling Floods, diffus'd In glassy Breadth, seem thro' delusive Lapse Forgetful of their Course. 1800 Monthly Mag. 8 726 When on the tea's uncurling leaves it lies, With golden hues the porcelain vases flow. 1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce (1855) 119 None..would have thought the long golden brown hair spoiled by hanging down in those rich, uncurling clusters. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. ii. 5 A heavy fall Of dark uncurling hair flowed either side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1728 |
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