| 单词 | pucker |
| 释义 | pucker (once / 2548 pages) vn Pucker is a verb for what happens when something smooth or flat gets folded up into little wrinkles, like how you pucker your lips when you go to kiss someone — you, wild flirt, you! When you use a sewing machine, sometimes the cloth puckers in wrinkly clumps that make it hard to sew in a straight line. Most of the time, it’s lips that do the puckering, maybe because you want a kiss, but also sucking on a lemon can make your lips pucker. If someone tells you to “pucker up,” they might want to kiss you, or they might throw a sour pickle at your head. Either way, get ready. WORD FAMILYpucker: puckered, puckering, puckers USAGE EXAMPLESThe rest is left to Alec Baldwin: the puckered lips, a studied lumbering gait and a wariness of humanizing a man he reviles. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) There’s a decorative lipstick pucker on the side, too—as if somebody’s mother were asked to reaffirm the sentiment with a smooch. The New Yorker(Dec 14, 2016) And what’s with the weird pulling and puckering on a dress that looked great on the hanger? Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) 1v gather something into small wrinkles or folds She puckered her lips Syn|Hyper cockle, crumple, knit, rumple draw contract crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in 2v draw together into folds or puckers Syn|Hyper gather, tuck run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework 3v become wrinkled or drawn together her lips puckered Syn|Hyper ruck, ruck up crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in 4n an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) Syn|Hyper ruck bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication an angular or rounded shape made by folding |
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