| 词汇 | wrinkle |
| 释义 | wrinkleWord family adjectivewrinkledwrinklynounwrinkle Hair & beauty, Clothes wrin·kle1 /ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countableC] 1 DCBLINEwrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old 皱纹 Her face was a mass of wrinkles. 她的脸上布满皱纹。 2 DCCLINEa small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper 〔布料或纸上的〕皱褶 SYN crease She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles. 她走到床边，抚平皱褶。 3. iron out the wrinkles SOLVE/DEAL WITH A PROBLEMto solve the small problems in something 解决小问题 —wrinkly adjectiveadj her thin, wrinkly face 她那瘦削的布满皱纹的脸庞 Examples from the Corpus wrinkle• It's made from a special fabric that doesn't leave any wrinkles after you wash it.• In the world of beauty, wrinkles are big business.• Her face was old and covered in wrinkles.• Rather well, with some odd wrinkles, would be my verdict.• My skirt's full of wrinkles.• J., drug maker will begin marketing Renova, its new brand name for the prescription wrinkle cream, by February.• It's designed to gently exercise the small, delicate facial muscles to help prevent wrinkles and sagging.• In other accounts, Pliny the Elder wrote that Persian women massaged their faces with yogurt to prevent wrinkles.• Indeed, as he shut the car door, he brushed at one sleeve as if to remove wrinkles as well as fluff.• If you hang that dress over the bath, the steam will get the wrinkles out.• Sure, there are a few unusual wrinkles. Human wrinkle2 verb 1 HBHMOVE/CHANGE POSITION[intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also wrinkle up) if you wrinkle a part of your face, or if it wrinkles, small lines appear on it （使）起皱纹；（使）皱起 Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell. 闻到那股味道，亚历克丝皱起了鼻子。 Carter wrinkled his forehead in concentration. 卡特全神贯注，眉头紧锁。 His brow wrinkled when he saw us. 他一看见我们就皱起了眉头。 2 [intransitiveI]LINE if a piece of clothing wrinkles, it gets small untidy folds in it 〔布料等〕起皱，起褶 SYN crease The trouble with linen is that it wrinkles so easily. 亚麻布的麻烦是太容易起褶。 Examples from the Corpus wrinkle• With slow wrinkling his stiff face relaxed now and then into a feminine tender smile.• My blue jacket wrinkles too easily.• Isobel looked up and laughed herself, her nose wrinkling up like a child's. wrinkled ... nose• He sniffed the breeches and wrinkled his nose.• She wrinkled her nose against it, then went upstairs and into Jessie's room.• He wrinkled his nose as if the smell was still in his nostrils.• He wrinkled his nose at the smells, thinking that the cowardly little wretches were trying to keep out of his way.• Stephen wrinkled his nose in disapproval.• She sniffed them, wrinkled up her nose in disgust.• He wrinkled his nose in distaste at the acrid smell of the place.• Meredith tried her tea and wrinkled her nose up in distaste. (1300-1400) wrinkled “twisted, winding” ((14-16 centuries)), probably from Old English gewrinclian “to wind” |
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