一、详细释义:
n.
曲线,弧线,曲面,弯曲
例句:
His plane swooped a beautiful curve up and down.
他的飞机在上下翻飞时画出了一条美丽的曲线。
例句:
The stairs ascended in a graceful curve.
楼梯以优美的曲线上升。
【棒球】(投向击球员的)曲线球
v.
(使)沿曲线运动;呈曲线状 [I,T]
例句:
He curved round the crowd and went out.
他绕过人群然后走了。
例句:
The missile curved gracefully towards its target.
导弹呈优美的曲线状飞向目标。
二、词义辨析:
curve,bend,bow,crook,twist
这些动词都含“弯、弯曲”之意。curve指变成曲线或弧线状的动作或状态。bend普通用词,指把某物变成曲线或角形。用于人时,指头部或身躯弯下。bow指把头部或上身弯向前方的动作,也指社交中的礼节性动作。crook指不规则的弯曲,也指按照规则或模型弯曲某物。twist指通过转动、拧或扭使某物成弯曲状。
三、相关短语:
simple closed curve
[数]简单闭曲线(指不自交的一条闭曲线,亦作Jordan curve)
characteristic curve
特性曲线,特征曲线,感光特性曲线
closed curve
闭合曲线,闭曲线,封闭曲线
exponential curve
指数曲线
normal curve
常态曲线,高斯曲线,标准曲线,正态曲线
regression curve
回归曲线
sine curve
正弦弧
curve ball
(棒球)曲线球
frequency-response curve
【电】 频率响应曲线
四、参考例句:
What does the yield curve look like?
收益曲线是怎样的呢?
The car made a sharp curve.
汽车拐了一个急弯。
The pitcher delivered a curve ball.
投手投掷了一个弧线球。
The unloading curve normally falls below the loading curve to form a hysteresis loop.
卸载曲线通常都落在加载曲线之下,形成一个滞后回线。
How fast can the cars travel around the curve?
汽车能够以多快的速率驶过这弯道?
The slope increases as you go up the curve.
上了弯道以后,路越来越陡。
The indifference curve had no curvature at all.
无差异曲线根本没有弯度。
His plane swooped a beautiful curve up and down.
他的飞机在上下翻飞时画出了一条美丽的曲线。
The curve starts smoothly, never out of a sudden.
曲线平滑的开始,而不是陡然出现。
Now let’s contrast our bell curve of intermediates with the way that software is developed.
现在,让我们对比一下中间用户在正态分布曲线上的位置,以及为其开发软件的方式。