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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.roll up; curl; furl
请你把帘子卷起来。
Please roll up the screen.
他会卷香烟。
He can roll cigarettes.
他把帽子卷紧塞进口袋里。
He wadded his cap into his pocket.
- 2
v.sweep along/up/off; carry along
风把树叶卷到天空去。
The wind whirled the leaves into the air.
她被海浪卷海里去了。
She was swept out to sea by the wave.
汽车卷起一阵尘土。
A car raised a cloud of dust.
synonym
- 3
n.roll (cylindrical mass of something)
报纸卷
paper roll
把小册子裹成一个卷。
Roll up a pamphlet.
铺盖卷
bedding roll
synonym
- 4
measure wordroll; coil; reel; spool
一卷报纸
a roll of newspapers
两卷布
two rolls of cloth
很多卷纸
many rolls of paper
Words and phrases with 卷
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "juǎn", it means action; when pronounced as "juàn", it means things. When used as a quantifier, when pronounced as "juǎn", it is used for things in rolls; when pronounced as "juàn", it is used only for books.