curdle

英语

词源

早期方言cruddle的变形，crudle，等同于curd +‎ -le (反复后缀)。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈkɜː.dəl/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈkɝ.dəl/

• 音频 (美国)：

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• 韵部：-ɜː(ɹ)dəl

动词

curdle (第三人称单数简单现在时 curdles，现在分词 curdling，一般过去时及过去分词 curdled)

1. （既及物又不及物） 凝结(通常指牛奶)

   Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.

2. （既及物又不及物） 凝块或凝结；因为寒冷而冻结。
   • 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley

     "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle, "beware of to-morrow!"

3. 〈及物〉 导致液体变质并凝结。
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     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.'

衍生词

• curdled