wrinkle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
  2. A winkle US,dialectal
  3. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
    — Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
  4. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
    — We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.
  5. A twist on something existing; a novel difference. informal
    — We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.
动词 v.
  1. To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles. transitive
    — Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
  2. To pucker or become uneven or irregular. intransitive
    — An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
  3. To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age. intransitive
    — The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
  4. To sneer (at). intransitive,obsolete
    — Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at

词形变化

wrinkles plural wrincle alternative,obsolete wrinkles present,singular,third-person wrinkling participle,present wrinkled participle,past wrinkled past wrinkles plural

词汇关系

相关词
unwrinkled wrinkle-free wrinkly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”).
词源 2
From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).
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