释义 |
rimpled, a. Now dial. or U.S.|ˈrɪmp(ə)ld| Also 5 rympled, -yd, 6 rimpeled. [f. rimple n.] Wrinkled, puckered; rippled.
c1400Rom. Rose 4495 Ther is set to kepe, foule hir bi⁓falle! A rimpled vekke, fer ronne in age. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 13336, I am ryht foul for to beholde; My chekys Rympled and ryht Olde. c1450Merlin 90 A man that semed right olde and rympled. 1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick i. xv. (1639) 22 A bath of sweet water is good for him, if the body be dry and rimpled. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 2 b/2 The navle..that which is rimpeled. 1759Phil. Trans. LI. 39 The skin [was]..rimpled in two or three places, but not broken. 1829Burtt in J. Paterson Contemporaries of Burns (1844) 175 We'll..smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave. 1885Cent. Mag. Mar. 681/2 A heavy rimpled mass of lemon⁓colored hair. |