transcription, транскрипция: [ kɜ:(r)v ]
( curves, curving, curved)
1.
A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
...the curve of his lips.
...a curve in the road.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
2.
If something curves , or if someone or something curves it, it has the shape of a curve.
Her spine curved...
The track curved away below him.
...a knife with a slightly curving blade...
A small, unobtrusive smile curved the cook’s thin lips.
VERB : V , V adv / prep , V-ing , V n
3.
If something curves , it moves in a curve, for example through the air.
The ball curved strangely in the air.
VERB : V
4.
You can refer to a change in something as a particular curve , especially when it is represented on a graph.
Each firm will face a downward-sloping demand curve...
N-COUNT : usu with supp
see also learning curve
5.
If someone throws you a curve or if they throw you a curve ball , they surprise you by doing something you do not expect. ( mainly AM )
At the last minute, I threw them a curve ball by saying, ‘We’re going to bring spouses’.
PHRASE : V inflects