wrinkle
wrinkle 英 [ˈrɪŋkl] 美 [ˈrɪŋkəl]
n. 皱纹 v. 起皱纹
进行时:wrinkling 过去式:wrinkled 过去分词:wrinkled 第三人称单数:wrinkles 名词复数:wrinkles
- If you work to iron a stubborn wrinkle out of your shirt, you're trying to smooth out a crease. A wrinkle is a dent or line where that smoothness is interrupted.
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- n. 皱纹
- v. 起皱纹
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1. There were fine wrinkles around her eyes.
她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
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2. She wrinkled up her nose in distaste.
她厌恶地皱起鼻子。
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3. His face wrinkled in a grin.
他咧嘴一笑满脸都是皱纹。
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4. Her stockings were wrinkling at the knees.
她长袜的膝盖处起了皱褶。
- wrinkle (n.) "fold or crease in the extenal body," late 14c.; in cloth or clothing from early 15c., probably from wrinkle (v.). Meaning "defect, problem" first recorded 1640s; that of "idea, device, notion" (especially a new one) is from 1817.
- wrinkle (v.) early 15c. (transitive), probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked, winding," past participle of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan, from a nasalized variant of *werg- "to turn," from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Intransitive sense from 1610s. Related: Wrinkled; wrinkling.
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