曲线
qūxiàn
nounHSK 7-9
“Curve” in Chinese is 曲线 (qūxiàn).
Meaning
- curve
- curved line
- indirect
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- in a roundabout way
Example
在图形上，正态分布是一种钟形曲线，越接近中心，取值越大，越远离中心，取值越小。
In its graphical representation, the normal distribution is a bell-shaped curve, with the value growing as one moves closer to the middle and decreasing as one moves away.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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