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uncurling

/uhn-kurl/US // ʌnˈkɜrl //UK // (ʌnˈkɜːl) //

弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,弯弯的,弯弯绕绕

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instraighten
Forms: uncurled
as inunfold
Forms: uncurled

Examples

  • If you have to uncurl your fingers to stand fully upright, your RAD is too short.

  • His heavy moustache seemed to uncurl itself nervously, and his jaw dropped slowly, as he watched Claudius leave the deck-cabin.

  • After a time Richard convinced himself that the kink was a part of the pig's tail and stopped trying to uncurl it.

  • The withered fronds of last year are pushed off the fern by the new ones as they uncurl.

  • The flower is to open more widely; the inner ring of petals must uncurl.

  • These leaves curl over at the tip, along with the buds, and they uncurl as the flowers open.