N21209/1725

カーブ

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verbbaseballgairaigoFrench origin

Meanings

curve, turn, bend
curveball, curve ball
(wine) cellar

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Example sentences

道路どうろが急きゅうカーブになっているので、スピードを落おとしてください。

Please slow down because the road has a sharp curve.

彼かれのカーブは打者だしゃを翻弄ほんろうするほど鋭するどかった。

His curveball was so sharp that it completely fooled the batter.

グラフの線せんが大おおきくカーブしている部分ぶぶんに注目ちゅうもくしてください。

Please pay attention to the part where the graph line curves significantly.

このカーブを曲まがると、海うみが見みえてくる。

When you go around this curve, the ocean comes into view.

投手とうしゅはカーブを多用たようすることで打者だしゃのタイミングを狂くるわせる戦略せんりゃくを取とった。

The pitcher adopted a strategy of frequently using curveballs to disrupt the batter's timing.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)