及物动词

不及物动词

名词

1. 曲线;弧线
A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.

2. (使)弯曲;(使)呈曲线形
If something curves, or if someone or something curves it, it has the shape of a curve.

3. 沿曲线运动
If something curves, it moves in a curve, for example through the air.

4. (尤指用图表表示的)曲线变化
You can refer to a change in something as a particular curve, especially when it is represented on a graph.

5. 使惊奇;使感到意外;给…出难题
If someone throws you a curve or if they throw you a curve ball, they surprise you by doing something you do not expect.

1. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

Synonym: curve ballbreaking ballbender

2. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Synonym: bend

3. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

Synonym: curvature

4. a line on a graph representing data

5. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

Synonym: curved shape