wrinkle

英 ['r??k(?)l] 美['r??kl]
  • n. 皺紋
  • vi. 起皺
  • vt. 使起皺紋

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?wrinkles;第三人稱單數(shù):?wrinkles;過去式:?wrinkled;過去分詞:?wrinkled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?wrinkling;

助記提示


1. see wrench.
分析:wr——“偉人”的拼音首字母;ink——墨水;le——“了”的拼音。
記憶:偉人喝了墨水之后,眉頭一皺計(jì)上心來,就有了妙計(jì)。

中文詞源


wrinkle 皺紋

來自PIE*wer,彎,轉(zhuǎn),擰,詞源同wring,wrench。用于指皺紋。

英文詞源


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 (see wrench (v.)). Intransitive sense from 1610s. Related: Wrinkled; wrinkling.
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.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.
她穿著一件熨燙得沒有一點(diǎn)兒褶兒的棕色襯衫。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He noticed a wrinkle in her stocking.
他注意到她長(zhǎng)筒襪上有一道褶兒。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle.
她兩頰和雙眼周圍開始起了皺紋。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The newest wrinkle in old game of courtship is match - making by computer.
在舊的求婚方式中,最近出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)創(chuàng)新的辦法,那就是由計(jì)算機(jī)做媒.

來自辭典例句

5. Put me up to a wrinkle or two.
幫我出一個(gè)主意.

來自辭典例句