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adjectivepəːlpərl attributive Denoting or relating to a knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left. 表示（或与）反针（有关）的。比较PLAIN 1（义项5） Compare with plain (sense 6 of the adjective)
verb pəːlpərl [with object]Knit with a purl stitch. 以反针法编织 一针朝上，一针朝下。 Example sentencesExamples - I searched the Internet and found Web sites that had actual movies of how to cast on as well as knit, purl, and cast off.
- Suddenly he found there were other skills he had to teach his girls - knitting was just one of them, but the self-taught silversmith soon picked up the knit one, purl one skills as well!
- Although, I find it less annoying than a rib - knit 3, move yarn, purl 3, move yarn, repeat - because I always loose track of what stitch I'm on.
- Purl one, knit one, purl one, purl one - wait, that was a knit, wasn't it?
- It was just an experiment piece - where I tried to remember how to knit, purl, cast off, increase and decrease etc.
- I was most overwhelmed and went to bed having nightmares about socked feet walking up and down my naked body shouting knit one purl one faster faster…
- Or perhaps it'll be cyber-knitters, chanting some elaborated version of ‘knit one, purl two’ as they create mythic tapestries or heal rifts in the fabric of space-time.
Synonyms gurgle, bubble, murmur, purr, tinkle, whir, drone, rumble, buzz, hum
noun pəːlpərl mass noun1A cord of twisted gold or silver wire used for bordering or edging something. Example sentencesExamples - The spangle kept in place by a stitch through a short piece of Purl.
- 1.1 An ornamental edging of lace or ribbon.
Example sentencesExamples - Portrayed in seventeenth-century dress, the central figures are richly picked out in colourful threads of satin and stern stitch with couched silk and purl.
OriginLate Middle English (as noun): of uncertain origin. Rhymesbirl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, twirl, whirl, whorl verb pəːlpərl [no object]literary (of a stream or river) flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound. （溪流，河流）回旋着流；潺潺地流 large stones stood blackly in the water, making it purl as it rolled around them Example sentencesExamples - The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
- Miri could not imagine there was such a beautiful place as the island of Philae, an island amongst islands washed by the purling waters of the Nile.
- I look out of the window and through the purling drops I can see gutters running with water; I can see the clouds almost black with rain to come.
- He sits on the bank and, wretched, stares into the purling water.
Synonyms splash, wash, swish, slap, slosh, break
noun pəːlpərl literary A purling motion or sound. it was quiet except for the liquid purl of the fountain Example sentencesExamples - The shadows lurched forward, purling around his ankles like tendrils of smoke.
- His hands just purled off notes in all shapes and forms.
- ‘See how easily the white meat slices,’ a dark, rumbling voice purled around the gunner's ears.
- No. 23 (F Major - Moderato) purls off the piano like drops of water for some forty seconds before the conclusion begins, in No. 24 (D Minor - Allegro appassionato), sweeping, broad, interlaced with runs.
- A mercurial figure whom Sacco often draws veiled in purls of cigarette smoke, Neven is a ‘fixer,’ a source and guide to foreign journalists seeking access to the front lines.
- Somewhere in the alleyway outside, cat song purled into the night.
Synonyms splash, purl, babble, burble
OriginEarly 16th century (denoting a small swirling stream): probably imitative; compare with Norwegian purla 'bubble up'. adjectivepərlpərl attributive Denoting or relating to a knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left. 表示（或与）反针（有关）的。比较PLAIN 1（义项5） Compare with knit (adjective)
verbpərlpərl [with object]Knit with a purl stitch. 以反针法编织 一针朝上，一针朝下。 Example sentencesExamples - Purl one, knit one, purl one, purl one - wait, that was a knit, wasn't it?
- Suddenly he found there were other skills he had to teach his girls - knitting was just one of them, but the self-taught silversmith soon picked up the knit one, purl one skills as well!
- I searched the Internet and found Web sites that had actual movies of how to cast on as well as knit, purl, and cast off.
- It was just an experiment piece - where I tried to remember how to knit, purl, cast off, increase and decrease etc.
- I was most overwhelmed and went to bed having nightmares about socked feet walking up and down my naked body shouting knit one purl one faster faster…
- Although, I find it less annoying than a rib - knit 3, move yarn, purl 3, move yarn, repeat - because I always loose track of what stitch I'm on.
- Or perhaps it'll be cyber-knitters, chanting some elaborated version of ‘knit one, purl two’ as they create mythic tapestries or heal rifts in the fabric of space-time.
Synonyms gurgle, bubble, murmur, purr, tinkle, whir, drone, rumble, buzz, hum
nounpərlpərl 1A cord of twisted gold or silver wire used for bordering or edging something. Example sentencesExamples - The spangle kept in place by a stitch through a short piece of Purl.
- 1.1 An ornamental edging of lace or ribbon.
Example sentencesExamples - Portrayed in seventeenth-century dress, the central figures are richly picked out in colourful threads of satin and stern stitch with couched silk and purl.
OriginLate Middle English (as noun): of uncertain origin. verbpərlpərl [no object](of a stream or river) flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound. （溪流，河流）回旋着流；潺潺地流 large stones stood blackly in the water, making it purl as it rolled around them Example sentencesExamples - I look out of the window and through the purling drops I can see gutters running with water; I can see the clouds almost black with rain to come.
- Miri could not imagine there was such a beautiful place as the island of Philae, an island amongst islands washed by the purling waters of the Nile.
- He sits on the bank and, wretched, stares into the purling water.
- The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
Synonyms splash, wash, swish, slap, slosh, break
nounpərlpərl A purling motion or sound. it was quiet except for the liquid purl of the fountain Example sentencesExamples - A mercurial figure whom Sacco often draws veiled in purls of cigarette smoke, Neven is a ‘fixer,’ a source and guide to foreign journalists seeking access to the front lines.
- His hands just purled off notes in all shapes and forms.
- Somewhere in the alleyway outside, cat song purled into the night.
- The shadows lurched forward, purling around his ankles like tendrils of smoke.
- No. 23 (F Major - Moderato) purls off the piano like drops of water for some forty seconds before the conclusion begins, in No. 24 (D Minor - Allegro appassionato), sweeping, broad, interlaced with runs.
- ‘See how easily the white meat slices,’ a dark, rumbling voice purled around the gunner's ears.
Synonyms splash, purl, babble, burble
OriginEarly 16th century (denoting a small swirling stream): probably imitative; compare with Norwegian purla ‘bubble up’. |