| 单词 | crisp |
| 释义 | crisp (once / 652 pages) 1adj 2nv 3adj 4adj 5adj 6adj 7adj 8v Something that's crisp is thin, dry, and breakable. Unless they're stale, most crackers are crisp. Gingersnaps are crisp, and so is toast — in fact, crisp often describes food, although crunchy snow and dry, brown leaves are also crisp. To crisp something is to cook or dry it until it's brittle, and when a voice is crisp, it's abrupt and no-nonsense. A crisp fall morning is fresh and cold. In Old English, crisp meant "curly," from the Latin crispus, "curled." The "brittle" definition is probably imitative, the word sounding like its meaning. WORD FAMILYcrisp: crisped, crispen, crisper, crispest, crisping, crisply, crispness, crisps, crispy+/crispen: crispened/crispy: crispiness USAGE EXAMPLESFloral patterns abound, on stunning floor-length gowns and crisp suit jackets. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Said Crisp: “That was good to hear. I needed that.” Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The aromatic landing of the fermented grapes is sharp, crisp, sweet, dry, delicate, delightful. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 adj tender and brittle 2crisp potato chips Syn crispy tender easy to cut or chew 1n a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat Syn|Hyper Saratoga chip, chip, potato chip snack food food for light meals or for eating between meals 2v make brown and crisp by heating 3crisp potatoes Syn|Hyper crispen, toast heat, heat up make hot or hotter adj (of something seen or heard) clearly defined 4the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot Syn sharp distinct easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined adj brief and to the point; effectively cut short 5a crisp retort Syn curt, laconic, terse concise expressing much in few words adj pleasingly firm and fresh 6crisp lettuce Syn fresh recently made, produced, or harvested adj pleasantly cold and invigorating 7crisp clear nights and frosty mornings Syn frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy cold having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration adj (of hair) in small tight curls 8Syn frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy curly (of hair) having curls or waves v make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in Syn|Hypo|Hyper crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple to gather something into small wrinkles or folds pucker, ruck, ruck upbecome wrinkled or drawn together fold, fold up, turn up bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
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