curlicue
/ˈkɜːlɪkjuː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɜːrlɪkjuː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkər-lē-ˌkyü -li-/ (ame, mw)
curlicue — 名詞
1. a small fancy loop or twirl, drawn or shaped into something for decoration — lik
花飾捲紋
裝飾用的小捲曲線條或圖案
a small fancy loop or twirl, drawn or shaped into something for decoration — like the swirls at the end of a signature, or the curling lines on an old wrought-iron gate.
Alessia signed her name with a long curlicue under the last letter.
Alessia 在最後一個字母下面簽了一個長長的花飾捲紋。
curlicue as part of handwriting decoration
The iron gate was covered in delicate curlicues painted dark green.
那道鐵門上佈滿了精緻的花飾捲紋，漆成深綠色。
plural curlicues describing a decorative pattern
Tyler drew a small curlicue at the bottom of the birthday card.
Tyler 在生日卡片底部畫了一個小小的花飾捲紋。
Smoke rose from the chimney in slow curlicues against the winter sky.
煙從煙囪緩緩升起，在冬日的天空中拉出一道道捲曲的紋路。
The cake's icing had pink curlicues running along its top edge.
蛋糕上的糖霜沿著頂端邊緣有一排粉紅色的花飾捲紋。
文法句型
a curlicue of [substance/material]
用法筆記
Most often used in the plural; describes the loop or twirl itself, not the act of making one. Subjects that take curlicues are usually written signatures, drawn designs, ironwork, icing, or rising smoke.
常見錯誤
curlicue — 動詞
- curlicuepresent simple I / you / we / they
- curlicues3rd person singular
- curlicuing-ing form
- curlicuedpast simple
1. (of smoke, vines, lines, or similar things) to move or grow in the shape of smal
盤捲；繞捲
本身呈小捲曲狀地移動或生長
(of smoke, vines, lines, or similar things) to move or grow in the shape of small curls and twirls.
Steam curlicued upward from the hot bowl of noodles on Jin's table.
蒸氣從 Jin 桌上那碗熱麵向上盤捲而起。
subject is a moving substance (steam) shaping itself into curls
Thin vines curlicued around the wooden fence behind Maeve's garden shed.
細細的藤蔓在 Maeve 家花園小屋後方的木籬笆上繞捲生長。
subject is a plant growing in curled shapes
The artist let her brush curlicue freely across the bottom of the page.
那位畫家任由自己的筆在頁面下方自由地繞捲。
Smoke from the small fire curlicued through the cold morning air.
小火堆冒出的煙在清冷的晨間空氣中盤捲飄散。
文法句型
[substance/line] curlicues
用法筆記
Subject is typically something flexible or flowing — smoke, steam, vines, ribbons, or a moving line. Distinguish from sense 2: here nothing is being decorated; the thing itself simply moves or grows in a curl shape.
常見錯誤
2. to add small fancy loops or twirls to something as decoration — e.g. drawing flo
加上花飾
用捲曲線條裝飾某物
to add small fancy loops or twirls to something as decoration — e.g. drawing flourishes around the edge of a letter or piping swirls onto a cake.
Paloma carefully curlicued the borders of her thank-you card with gold ink.
Paloma 用金色墨水仔細地在感謝卡邊緣加上花飾。
transitive: curlicue + [object/surface]
The baker curlicued each pastry with thin lines of melted chocolate.
烘焙師在每個糕點上用細細的融化巧克力線條加上花飾。
curlicue + [object] with [material]
Hassan curlicued his initials at the bottom of every drawing he finished.
Hassan 每次畫完作品都會在底部以花飾簽上自己的名字縮寫。
Rania loved to curlicue the margins of her notebook during long meetings.
Rania 很喜歡在漫長會議當中，在筆記本邊緣加上花飾塗鴉。
文法句型
curlicue + [object]
curlicue [object] with [material]
用法筆記
Always takes an object — the surface or item being decorated. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 has no object (the thing itself moves in curls); sense 2 takes an object (you apply curls to it).