English Dictionary

curdle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɜː.dəl/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

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

日本語の意味

（主に牛乳が）凝固してカード状になる、滑らかさを失う状態になること / 液体（特に牛乳など）が、固まって分離する現象を起こすこと

If you add lemon too quickly, the milk will curdle and ruin the sauce.

レモンを急に加えると牛乳が凝固してソースが台無しになる。

意味（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.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)

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

意味（3）

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

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.'

curdles （ present singular third-person ）

curdling （ participle present ）

curdled （ participle past ）

curdled （ past ）