[with obj.](rare)roll or coil together; entwine (罕)卷曲;盘绕;缠绕 ■(Mathematics)combine (one function or series) with another by forming their convolution (数)卷积
语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'enclose in folds'): from Latin convolvere 'roll together', from con- 'together' + volvere 'roll'