curdle

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɜː.dəl/    美 /ˈkɝ.dəl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk) ambitransitive
    — Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
  2. To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood) ambitransitive
    — "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle, "beware of to-morrow!"
  3. To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly. transitive
    — It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'

词形变化

curdles present,singular,third-person curdling participle,present curdled participle,past curdled past

词汇关系

衍生词
blood-curdling curdled curdler decurdling uncurdle

词源

Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd + -le (frequentative suffix).
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