| 单词 | curve |
| 释义 | noun | verb curvecurve1 /kɚv/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1math, geometry a line or part of an object which gradually bends like part of a circle: Customers seem to like the car’s curves and angles.curve of the curve of the sword blade2part of a road, river, etc. that bends like part of a circle: a curve in the road I rounded the curve looking for a place to pull over.3math the line on a graph that gradually bends and represents a change in the amount or level of something: the normal curve of population growth4throw somebody a curve to surprise someone with a question or problem that is difficult to deal with: The governor threw them a curve when he announced that funding would be cut.5a method of giving grades based on how a student’s work compares with other students’ work: I’ll be grading the test on a curve. → see also learning curve6 (also curve ball) a throw in baseball toward the batter in which the ball spins so that it curves suddenly and is difficult to hit noun | verb curvecurve2 ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] to bend or move in the shape of a curve, or to make something do this: His mouth curved upward in a smile. |
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