1630s (earlier crudle, 1580s), "to thicken, cause to congeal," frequentative of curd (v.) "to make into curd" (late 14c.; see curd). Of blood, in figurative sense "to inspire horror" from c. 1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling (c. 1700, almost always with reference to blood, in the figurative sense).
雙語例句
1. The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk.
那種香草幾個世紀(jì)以來都被用來制作酸乳。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle.
調(diào)味汁不能煮沸,不然蛋黃會凝結(jié)的。
來自辭典例句
3. The sight made my blood curdle.
那景象使我不寒而栗.
來自辭典例句
4. Their screams made my blood curdle with terror.