| 单词 | to iron out the wrinkles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto iron out the wrinkles b. transferred, figurative and in figurative context. spec. a minor difficulty or irregularity; a snag; frequently in to iron out the wrinkles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > a difficulty > a minor difficulty throng1855 wrinkle1966 the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > surmount difficulties > overcome minor difficulties to iron out the wrinkles1966 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B4v Their bloud had (as it were) filled the wrinckles of the seas visage. 1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 1519 A perfect soul-state, and a perfect state of body, hath no wrinkle in it. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 25 No wrinkles in the face, no gray hairs on the head of Eternity. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clxxxii. 94 Roll on, thou..ocean—..Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 199 Wreeangs,..wrinkles of dust or dirt upon the skin. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. v. 109 [They] have contributed a wrinkle of human Fun to the earnest face of Life. 1966 D. F. Jones Colossus i. 15 As a project it's practically finished, we can't find any more wrinkles to iron out; we've checked and checked again. 1975 Economist 22 Feb. 92 The way for the east Europeans to reach western markets without accumulating further huge trade deficits is to import skills which can be exported in hardware. This also enables them to iron out wrinkles in their own system without having to embark on risky economic reforms. 1979 Guardian 30 Aug. 3/6 The BBC wanted to make certain advances in technical practices... Wrinkles still remained. 1984 New Yorker 14 May 43 Willa had sold her story to Universal Pictures and was in California ironing out some wrinkles in the deal. < as lemmas |
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