"curl up" 是一个动词短语,核心语义围绕“卷曲、蜷缩”展开,可描述人、动物或物体的形态变化,也可引申为“舒适地蜷卧/坐”等场景。
根据语境不同,"curl up" 可分为以下几类常见用法:
强调身体因寒冷、放松或保护自己而缩成紧凑的形态,常用来描述动物或人的姿态。
The cat curled up on the windowsill and fell asleep.(猫在窗台上蜷成一团睡着了。)
She curled up under the blanket to keep warm.(她蜷在毯子下面取暖。)
The baby curled up in her mother’s arms for comfort.(宝宝蜷在妈妈怀里寻求安慰。)
描述物体的边缘或部分因外力(如潮湿、 heat)或自身特性变弯曲。
The old photo’s corners had curled up from years of storage.(旧照片的角因存放多年卷起来了。)
The leaves curl up when the plant is thirsty.(植物缺水时叶子会卷起来。)
常与介词 with 搭配,表示“蜷着身子做(放松的事)”,强调“惬意、慵懒”的状态。
I love to curl up with a cup of tea and a novel on rainy afternoons.(雨天下午,我喜欢蜷着身子喝杯茶、看本小说。)
He curled up on the couch with his dog and watched a movie.(他和狗一起蜷在沙发上看电影。)
描述人因情绪(如害羞、窘迫)而不自觉地蜷缩身体。
She curled up in embarrassment when everyone laughed at her mistake.(大家都嘲笑她的错误时,她尴尬得缩成一团。)
curl up + 地点状语:说明蜷缩的位置(如 on the sofa, under the blanket);
curl up with + 名词:表示“带着/伴着…蜷缩”(如 with a book, with a cat);
curl something up:及物用法,意为“把…卷起来”(如 She curled up her toes in the sand. 她把脚趾蜷在沙子里。)
"curl up" 是一个具象且常用的短语,核心是“卷曲/蜷缩”,可灵活用于描述生物的姿态、物体的形态,或人的舒适/情绪状态。通过搭配不同的状语或介词(如 with),能精准传递场景感。