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curve

/kurv/US // kɜrv //UK // (kɜːv) //

曲线,弧度,曲线图,弯道

Related Words

trajectory轨迹,弹道,轨迹图,径迹arc弧线,弧形,弧度,电弧arch拱门,拱形,拱桥,拱形的contour轮廓线,轮廓,轮廓图,等高线loop循环,环路,圈子,襻swerve转向,转身,转移,转动veer倾向性,倾向于,倾向性的,倾向bulge突起,凸起,隆起,凸出buckle扣子,带扣,搭扣,表扣spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状crumple褶皱,皱缩,皱褶,皱巴巴的twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发skew倾斜,歪斜,倾斜度,倾斜性sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫hairpin发卡,发夹,发簪,钗crook骗子,诈骗,诈骗犯,骗人whorl漩涡,漩涡状,涡旋,涡流

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a continuously bending line, without angles.
    • : the act or extent of curving.
    • : any curved outline, form, thing, or part.
    • : a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.
    • : Railroads. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 feet long .
    • : Baseball. curveball. the path followed by a ball pitched as a curveball: The curve on that ball was nasty!
    • : a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph.
    • : Mathematics. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.
    • : a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception.
    • : Education. a grading system based on the scale of performance, so that those performing better relative to others in the group, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor grades on a curve.Compare absolute.
    • : a curved guide used in drafting.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    curved, curv·ing.

    • : to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.
    • : to grade on a curve.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    curved, curv·ing.

    • : to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
    • : Baseball. to pitch a curveball: After two forkballs, Stewart curved to Hernandez for a called strike.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the shape of a curve; curved.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounarched, rounded line or object
Forms: curved, curves, curving
Synonyms
arc弧线,弧形,弧度,电弧arch拱门,拱形,拱桥,拱形的contour轮廓线,轮廓,轮廓图,等高线loop循环,环路,圈子,襻trajectory轨迹,弹道,轨迹图,径迹ambit氛围,氛围的影响bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯bight海岸线,海岸边,海岸,海岸边的bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身camber弯曲度,弯曲度大,驼背,驼峰catenary纵贯线,脉络,全长,脉络图chord和弦,和音,和声,弦乐circle循环,圈子,圆圈,圆circuit电路,回路,回环,回回路路circumference周长,圆周率,周率,方圆compass指南针,罗盘,指北针,罗经concavity凹凸不平,凹性,凹陷,凹面crook骗子,诈骗,诈骗犯,骗人curlicue卷曲,弯曲,曲线,弯曲的curvature曲率,弧度,弯曲度,弯曲程度ellipse椭圆,椭圆形,椭圆体,椭圆度festoon花环,花旗,花灯,花彩flexure弯曲,弯曲度,屈曲,挠性hairpin发卡,发夹,发簪,钗half-moon半月,半月形,半月球,半月型helix螺旋线,螺旋,螺旋体,螺旋形horseshoe马蹄铁,马蹄,马蹄形,马蹄形的hyperbola双曲线,双曲,双曲线图,双线incurvation招致,招致的后果,招致死亡,招致损失incurvature弯曲度,不孕症,弯曲,不成熟meniscus半月板,脑膜,半身板ogee楔子,楔形,楔形物,楔形的parabola抛物线quirk诡异,诡计多端,诡辩,诡秘round围绕,圆形的,围绕着,绕过sinuosity卷曲性,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒性,蜿蜒度sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫swerve转向,转身,转移,转动turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变vault拱顶,穹顶,拱门,金库whorl漩涡,漩涡状,涡旋,涡流curvation治愈,振奋人心,治疗,振作rondure润华,润泽,润泽度,润华公司
verbbending in a shape or course
Forms: curved, curves, curving
Synonyms
bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯buckle扣子,带扣,搭扣,表扣bulge突起,凸起,隆起,凸出coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴crumple褶皱,皱缩,皱褶,皱巴巴的curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发loop循环,环路,圈子,襻skew倾斜,歪斜,倾斜度,倾斜性spiral螺旋式,螺旋式的,螺旋形,螺旋状swerve转向,转身,转移,转动twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了veer倾向性,倾向于,倾向性的,倾向arc弧线,弧形,弧度,电弧arch拱门,拱形,拱桥,拱形的bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身crook骗子,诈骗,诈骗犯,骗人deviate偏离,偏差,乖离,偏差的divert转移,转移注意力,转移方向,疏导gyrate转动,回旋,转动的时候,转移hook上钩,钩子,钩住,钩inflect拐弯,转折,转移,转化round围绕,圆形的,围绕着,绕过snake蛇,蛇类,蛇形,小蛇stoop弯腰,弯腰驼背,弯腰鞠躬,弯弯turn变成,转弯,变成了,转变wind缠绕,风,缠绕的,缠绕着wreathe花环,花圈,成圈,成群结队concave凹陷,凹面,凹,凹进convex凸形,凸面,凸形的,凸incurve侵入,侵入式,侵入性,侵入性的

Examples

  • Given where he falls on aging curves, his prospect pedigree and the success of sons of former major leaguers,16 there are many indicators that suggest Tatís will have staying power as one of the game’s top players.

  • There are 11 rows of seats curving around the balcony where you like to sit.

  • Ever since Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity recast gravity as curves in space-time, physicists have wondered if his work was the final word.

  • From 2007 to 2019, left-handers registered a substantially lower velocity for every type of pitch tracked, including not only higher-velocity pitches like fastballs and sinkers, but also sliders, changeups and curves.

  • The best light for the pigments to absorb, then, was in the steepest parts of the intensity curve for the solar spectrum — the red and blue parts of the spectrum.

  • She and her sister went into business together in 1997, opening Curve Salon after a career in media.

  • Instead, break out a form-fitting garment — think skinny jeans or a curve-hugging dress.

  • In an airline seat, the hips and pelvis rotate forward and the S curve flattens.

  • After acknowledging that there has been a “bend in the curve” and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction.

  • “He also said, ‘We might be too ahead of the curve,’” Kudrow remembers.

  • He drew her back to him, and she yielded and settled closely in the curve of his arm, and he told her the story.

  • There is a sharp curve in the permanent way outside the station, so that a train is on you all of a sudden.

  • The tunnel itself includes a reverse curve, and, at the present time, railroad tracks and Stock Creek waters run through it.

  • He kept on grimly, however, never deviating from his perspective, which was the swampy ground on the outer curve of the bend.

  • The children watched him disappear around the curve and then turned to Jess expectantly.

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