curve

/kɜːrv/

意味: 曲線、カーブ

例文: Aki’s glitter toss followed a perfect curve.
　　  アキのキラキラ投げは完璧なカーブを描いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: learning curve(学習曲線), curve ball(カーブボール), bell curve(ベルカーブ)

定義: 曲線や曲がりを指します。直線ではなく、滑らかに曲がっている形状です。道やグラフ、体の一部など、さまざまなものに使われます。

curveは約70,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Noun: a line on a graph representing data
Noun: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
Noun: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
Noun: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Verb: extend in curves and turns
Verb: form an arch or curve
Verb: bend or cause to bend
Verb: form a curl, curve, or kink

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The road begins to curve sharply around the mountain.(道は山の周りで急に曲がり始める。)
She loves how the dancer’s body flows with every graceful curve.(彼女はダンサーの体が優雅な曲線に沿って流れるのが大好きだ。)
In mathematics, the concept of a curve is fundamental to understanding shapes.(数学では、曲線の概念が形を理解するための基本である。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The car cut to the left at the intersection
Verb: The motorbike veered to the right
Verb: The road winds around the lake
Verb: the path twisted through the forest
Verb: her back arches
Verb: her hips curve nicely
Verb: He crooked his index finger
Verb: the road curved sharply
Verb: the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): arc, arch, bend, bender, breaking ball, crook, curl, curvature, curve, curve ball, curved shape, cut, kink, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, twist, veer, wind

Antonyms(反意語): straight line

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): be, bend, change surface, line, pitch, section, shape, turn

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, about-face, accept, account, account for, act, angularity, answer, appear, arch, avert, bake, balance, balk, ball, be well, beanball, beat, begin, belong, bend, boundary, breathe, buy, caracole, centerline, change-up, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, concavity, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, convexity, corkscrew, corner, cost, count, cover, crook, crookedness, crouch, crust, curl, curl up, curvature, curve, cut, cut across, dado, deck, deflect, depend, deserve, deviate, disagree, distribute, diverge, double over, draw, dullness, duster, end, face, fall, fastball, fawn, feel, figure, fit, flip, flush, fold, gape, gee, geodesic, go, gravitate, gyrate, hail, hang, head, heave, hold, hoodoo, hum, impend, impress, incarnate, incurvate, iridesce, jumble, kill, knuckleball, leaf, lean, lend, length, let go, level, lie, litter, lobularity, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, marbleize, measure, mope, narrowing, object, osculate, overhand pitch, overturn, owe, passed ball, pay, perimeter, pivot, point, port, press, promise, pronate, prove, put out, rage, range, rank, rate, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, retroflex, roll, roll over, roll up, rotate, roughen, roundness, run, run into, rut, screwball, seem, seethe, sell, sharpness, shine, sinker, smooth, sparkle, specify, spitball, spot, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, straight line, straightaway, straightness, stratification, strike, submarine ball, subsection, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swerve, swim, swing, swing around, tease, tend, test, topography, total, translate, transplant, trim, turn away, turn off, turn on a dime, turn out, twist, underlie, unfurl, want, wash, wild pitch, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): arc, arch, bell, bend, blind curve, bow, camber, catenary, circumvolute, closed curve, crescent, cupid’s bow, curliness, elbow, envelope, extrados, gooseneck, hairpin bend, helix, hook, intrados, meander, normal curve, peel off, perversion, quadric, recurve, regression line, roulette, s-shape, scallop, sinuosity, snake, spiral, straightness, wave, yaw

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: arc, arch, bend, crook, curl, curvature, curve, curvey, curvy, kink, swerve, swerving, trend, veering

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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