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語源

Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː.dəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝ.dəl/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)dəl

動詞

curdle (三人称単数 現在形 curdles, 現在分詞 curdling, 過去形および過去分詞形 curdled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)

   Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
   • 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley:

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

3. (transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
   • 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.'

派生語

• blood-curdling
• curdled