curve 音标拼音: [k'ɚv]
n . 曲线,弯曲,曲球
vt . 弯,使弯曲
vi . 成曲形
曲线,弯曲,曲球弯,使弯曲成曲形
curve 曲线
curve 曲线
curve n 1 :
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [
synonym : {
curve }, {
curved shape }] [
ant : {
straight line }]
2 :
a line on a graph representing data 3 :
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter [
synonym : {
curve }, {
curve ball }, {
breaking ball }, {
bender }]
4 :
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [
synonym : {
curvature }, {
curve }]
5 :
curved segment (
of a road or river or railroad track etc .)
[
synonym : {
bend }, {
curve }]
v 1 :
turn sharply ;
change direction abruptly ; "
The car cut to the left at the intersection "; "
The motorbike veered to the right " [
synonym : {
swerve }, {
sheer }, {
curve }, {
trend }, {
veer },
{
slue }, {
slew }, {
cut }]
2 :
extend in curves and turns ; "
The road winds around the lake ";
"
the path twisted through the forest " [
synonym : {
wind }, {
twist },
{
curve }]
3 :
form an arch or curve ; "
her back arches "; "
her hips curve nicely " [
synonym : {
arch }, {
curve }, {
arc }]
4 :
bend or cause to bend ; "
He crooked his index finger "; "
the road curved sharply " [
synonym : {
crook }, {
curve }]
5 :
form a curl ,
curve ,
or kink ; "
the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling " [
synonym : {
curl }, {
curve }, {
kink }]
Adiabatic \
Ad `
i *
a *
bat "
ic \,
a . [
Gr . '
adia `
batos not passable ; '
a priv .
dia `
through bai `
nein to go .] (
Physics )
Not giving out or receiving heat . -- {
Ad `
i *
a *
bat `
ic *
al *
ly },
adv .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Note :
The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a compressed container causes the temperature of the gas to decrease rapidly below its freezing point ,
resulting in the familiar carbon dioxide "
snow "
emitted by carbon dioxide fire extinguishers .
[
PJC .]
{
Adiabatic line }
or {
curve },
a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat .
--
Rankine .
[
1913 Webster ]
Curve \
Curve \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Curved } (
k [^
u ]
rvd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Curving }.] [
L .
curvare .,
fr .
curvus .
See {
Curve },
a .,
{
Curb }.]
To bend ;
to crook ;
as ,
to curve a line ;
to curve a pipe ;
to cause to swerve from a straight course ;
as ,
to curve a ball in pitching it .
[
1913 Webster ]
Curve \
Curve \ (
k [^
u ]
rv ),
a . [
L .
curvus bent ,
curved .
See {
Cirb }.]
Bent without angles ;
crooked ;
curved ;
as ,
a curve line ;
a curve surface .
[
1913 Webster ]
Curve \
Curve \,
n . [
See {
Curve },
a ., {
Cirb }.]
1 .
A bending without angles ;
that which is bent ;
a flexure ;
as ,
a curve in a railway or canal .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Geom .)
A line described according to some low ,
and having no finite portion of it a straight line .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Axis of a curve }.
See under {
Axis }.
{
Curve of quickest descent }.
See {
Brachystochrone }.
{
Curve tracing } (
Math .),
the process of determining the shape ,
location ,
singular points ,
and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation .
{
Plane curve } (
Geom .),
a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve ,
it passes through all the other points of the curve .
Any other curve is called a {
curve of double curvature },
or a {
twisted curve }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Curve \
Curve \,
v .
i .
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction ;
as ,
the road curves to the right .
[
1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
curve ":
aberrancy ,
aberration ,
arc ,
arch ,
artful dodge ,
artifice ,
bag of tricks ,
bear off ,
bend ,
bend back ,
bias ,
blind ,
bluff ,
bosey ,
bow ,
bowl ,
branch off ,
branching off ,
cast ,
catacaustic ,
catch ,
catenary ,
caustic ,
change of pace ,
change the bearing ,
change -
up ,
chicanery ,
chouse ,
chuck ,
chunk ,
circle ,
circuit ,
circuitousness ,
circumference ,
coil ,
compass ,
conchoid ,
corner ,
crook ,
curl ,
curvation ,
curvature ,
curve -
ball ,
declination ,
decurve ,
deflect ,
depart from ,
departure ,
design ,
detour ,
deviance ,
deviancy ,
deviate ,
deviation ,
device ,
deviousness ,
diacaustic ,
diffract ,
diffuse ,
digress ,
digression ,
dirty deal ,
dirty trick ,
discursion ,
disperse ,
distort ,
divagate ,
divagation ,
divaricate ,
divarication ,
diverge ,
divergence ,
diversion ,
divert ,
dodge ,
dogleg ,
dome ,
double ,
downcurve ,
drift ,
drifting ,
ellipse ,
embow ,
errantry ,
excursion ,
excursus ,
exorbitation ,
fast deal ,
fastball ,
feint ,
festoon ,
fetch ,
ficelle ,
flex ,
fling ,
flip ,
forward pass ,
gambit ,
gimmick ,
googly ,
hairpin ,
heave ,
heel ,
hocus -
pocus ,
hook ,
hump ,
hunch ,
hurl ,
hyperbola ,
incurvate ,
incurvation ,
incurvature ,
incurve ,
indirection ,
inflect ,
inflection ,
joker ,
juggle ,
knuckleball ,
lateral ,
lateral pass ,
lituus ,
lob ,
loop ,
obliquity ,
outcurve ,
parabola ,
pass ,
peg ,
pererration ,
pitch ,
ploy ,
pull ,
put ,
rambling ,
recurve ,
reflect ,
reflex ,
refract ,
retroflex ,
rondure ,
round ,
ruse ,
sag ,
scatter ,
scheme ,
screwball ,
scurvy trick ,
serve ,
service ,
sheer ,
shift ,
shifting ,
shifting course ,
shifting path ,
shot -
put ,
shy ,
sinker ,
sinus ,
skew ,
slant ,
sleight ,
sleight of hand ,
sleight -
of -
hand trick ,
slider ,
sling ,
spiral ,
spitball ,
spitter ,
stratagem ,
straying ,
subterfuge ,
swag ,
sweep ,
swerve ,
swerving ,
swinging ,
tack ,
throw ,
toss ,
tracery ,
trend ,
trick ,
turn ,
turn aside ,
turning ,
twist ,
upcurve ,
variation ,
vary ,
vault ,
veer ,
wandering ,
warp ,
wile ,
wind ,
yaw ,
zigzag
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