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perm

noun

🔊/pɜːm/

🔊/pɜːrm/

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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
- I’m thinking of having a perm.我正在考虑烫发。
- You’ll just have to let the perm grow out if you don’t like it.如果您不喜欢，则只需让烫发长大即可。
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Word Origin1920s: abbreviation of permanent.

perm

verb

🔊/pɜːm/

🔊/pɜːrm/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they perm	🔊/pɜːm/ 🔊/pɜːrm/
he / she / it perms	🔊/pɜːmz/ 🔊/pɜːrmz/
past simple permed	🔊/pɜːmd/ 🔊/pɜːrmd/
past participle permed	🔊/pɜːmd/ 🔊/pɜːrmd/
-ing form perming	🔊/ˈpɜːmɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈpɜːrmɪŋ/

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perm something to give somebody’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
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Perm is used with these nouns as the object:
hair
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Word Origin1920s: abbreviation of permanent.