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Unfurl Unfurled Began Flag Spread Rolled French   [V

英语单词 unfurl
英美音标 英 [ˌʌn'fɜːl] 美 [ˌʌn'fɜːrl]
中文释义 v.展开;打开
英语例句 (1) He unfurled the newspaper and began to read.
(2) They unfurl the flag and let it flutter in the wind.
(3) The students unfurled their books.
中文例句 (1) 他展开报纸开始阅读。
(2) 他们将旗展开让其迎风招展。
(3) 学生们打开书。
vocabulary简明 When you unfurl something, you unroll it or spread it out. Your yoga teacher will unfurl her long purple mat at the beginning of class.
vocabulary扩展 To unfurl something is to roll it out, unwinding it the way you do with a coiled laptop charger cord. You might also unfurl a pair of socks curled around each other or the American flag you keep rolled up in a closet until the Fourth of July. Unfurl is a more common word than its opposite, furl, which means "roll or fold." The French origin is ferler, "to furl," from the Old French roots fer, "firm" and lier, "bind."
柯林斯解释
1
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]打开(伞等);展开(帆、旗帜等) If you unfurl something rolled or folded such as an umbrella, sail, or flag, you open it, so that it is spread out. You can also say that it unfurls .
  [V n]
  [V]
  • Once outside the inner breakwater, we began to unfurl all the sails.

    一驶出内防波堤,我们就扬起了所有的船帆。

  • ...two weeks later when the leaves unfurl.

    两周后叶子展开时

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[VERB 动词](事件、故事或场面)展开,显露 If you say that events, stories, or scenes unfurl before you, you mean that you are aware of them or can see them as they happen or develop.
  [V]
  • ...as the dramatic changes in Europe continue to unfurl.

    随着欧洲剧变不断展现在人们眼前

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