单词 | uncrumple |
释义 | uncrumplev. 1. transitive. To restore from a crumpled state. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > remove wrinkles from uncrumple1611 unwrinkle1611 unridge1631 erugate1656 unrumple1694 unpucker1775 unrimple1800 uncrinkle1911 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deffroncer, to vnfrounce, vnwrinckle, vncrumple. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desplissure, an vnfoulding, vnplaiting, vnwrinkling, vncrumpling. 1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. vii. 92 No hand save his own could uncrumple the rose-leaf that chafed him. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings 171 Crisp buds a struggling bee Uncrumples. 2. intransitive. To become free from crumples. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > become smooth [verb (intransitive)] > become free from wrinkles unwrinkle1827 uncrumple1866 uncrinkle1904 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 450 Next year he will return,..With whitening hedges, and uncrumpling fern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1611 |
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