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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)v/

名詞

recurve (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 recurves)

1. A type of knife blade shape that involves several curves including a concave curve on a portion of the edge, resulting in a belly that is lower than the handle bottom.

   not as much recurve as a kukri would have, but plenty enough to make me smile

2. A recurve bow.
3. A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.

派生語

• recurve-billed bushbird

動詞

recurve (三人称単数 現在形 recurves, 現在分詞 recurving, 過去形および過去分詞形 recurved)

1. To curve again, to rebend.
2. To curve back on itself.
3. (of a storm) To change direction.
   • 1934, Ivan Ray Tannehill, The Hurricane, page 6:

     Nearly all of the storms which originate in the Cape Verde region first move in a westerly direction over the Atlantic and later recurve in a northerly or northeasterly direction.

   • 2006, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook, →ISBN, page 227:

     He also developed a methodology for predicting when a hurricane will recurve to the north and for predicting average storm motion based on the latitude and time of year.

派生語

• recurve bow