frizzle

• vt. 使卷缩；使卷曲
• vi. 炸得吱吱响；卷曲
• n. 卷发；吱吱响声

来自frizz, 卷曲。

frizzle (v.)

"curl hair," 1560s, of obscure origin. There are words of similar sound and sense in Old English (fris "curly"), Old Frisian (frisle), Middle French (friser "to curl") but their history is tangled; probably connected somehow to frizz (v.). Related: Frizzled; frizzling. As a noun from 1610s, "a short curl," from the verb. Frizzling iron was a 17c. term for "curling iron."

1. She watched the paper curl and frizzle and burn; and presently they were ashes.

她注视着纸片卷曲、焦枯、燃烧; 转眼间它们变成了灰烬.

来自辞典例句