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perm

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hair & beauty
perm1 /pɜːm $ pɜːrm/ noun [countable]  DCBa process in which you make straight hair curly by using chemicals, or hair that has been treated in this way 烫发 SYN American English permanent a very curly perm 烫得很卷的头发
Examples from the Corpus
permAnd perms, our straight hair tortured into frizz for the Christmas or Easter gathering and the requisite smiling photograph.Anyway, one day me and my mates were all going to a party so I decided to do a home perm.To top it all I added a red and white ribbon to the crest of my perm.Did you get a new perm?Well a Optaform perm lotion was the applied. 4.To do just that, he used Wella's Optaform perm on Anthea.I have a soft perm every 3 to 4 months.The newest, softest perms add body, waves or bouncy curls.
Related topics: Hair & beauty, Leisure
perm2 verb [transitive]  1 DCBto make straight hair curly by using chemicals 烫〔发〕 I’m going to have my hair permed. 我要去烫头发。 her blonde permed hair 她烫过的金色鬈发2. British EnglishDL to choose and combine a number of football games from the list given in the football pools in order to try to win money 〔赌球中〕选定并组合〔球赛选项〕perming noun [uncountable] a home perming kit 家用烫发用具
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Examples from the Corpus
permHer hair is dyed black and permed.Well, you know, I had my hair permed.After perming, a neutraliser containing conditioning ingredients is applied to smooth the surface of the hair.Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder.Most women think that their hair is not good enough and dye it or bleach it or perm it.I had my hair permed last week.They perm their hair, dress in Hawaiian shirts and drive huge Mercedes cars through narrow streets.
Origin perm1 (1900-2000) PERMANENT WAVE
Corpus make you in by process a curly hair which straight


perm
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perm1 /pɜːm $ pɜːrm/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: permanent wave
a process in which you make straight hair curly by using chemicals, or hair that has been treated in this way
   SYN  permanent American English:
    a very curly perm

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perm2 verb [transitive]
1. to make straight hair curly by using chemicals:
    I’m going to have my hair permed.
    her blonde permed hair
2. British English to choose and combine a number of football games from the list given in the football pools in order to try to win money
—perming noun [uncountable]:
    a home perming kit


permBrE /pɜːm/ 🔊NAmE /pɜːrm/ 🔊 noun
a way of changing the style of your hair by using chemicals to create curls that last for several months 卷发;烫发to have a perm烫鬈发
permBrE /pɜːm/ 🔊NAmE /pɜːrm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they perm BrE /pɜːm/ 🔊 NAmE /pɜːrm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it perms BrE /pɜːmz/ 🔊 NAmE /pɜːrmz/ 🔊past simple permed BrE /pɜːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /pɜːrmd/ 🔊past participle permed BrE /pɜːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /pɜːrmd/ 🔊 -ing form perming BrE /ˈpɜːmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɜːrmɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to give sb's hair a perm 烫(发)to have your hair permed烫鬈发a shampoo for permed hair适用于烫过的头发的洗发液