tendril
noun /ˈtendrəl/
/ˈtendrəl/
- enlarge imagea thin, curly stem that grows from a climbing plant. A plant uses tendrils to attach itself to a wall or other support.
（攀缘植物的）卷须 - (literary) a thin, curly piece of something such as hair
卷须状物（如鬈发） - Her hair hung in tendrils about her face.
她的头发在脸上盘成卷须状。
- Her hair hung in tendrils about her face.
词源mid 16th cent.: probably a diminutive of Old French tendron ‘young shoot’, from Latin tener ‘tender’.