furl

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɜːl/    美 /fɝl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) transitive
    — With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.

词形变化

furls present,singular,third-person furling participle,present furled participle,past furled past

词汇关系

反义词
unfurl

词源

Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.
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