| 单词 | wrinkle |
| 释义 | wrin·kle I. 1. < wrinkles in cloth > as a. < a withered face, with the shiny skin all drawn into wrinkles — Arnold Bennett > also < a bloodhound with excellent wrinkle > b. c. < a slight wrinkle on the surface of the ice cap — P.E.Victor > 2. a. < welcomed the wrinkle about ruling a fine line with a knife edge through carbon paper — Publishers' Weekly > < learning countless little wrinkles on how to care for clothes in winter — Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher > b. < the sit-down strike, an obstructionist wrinkle imported from abroad — Current History > < a new wrinkle whereby the exhaust gases are used to spin small turbines geared direct to the propeller shaft — P.J.C.Friedlander > 3. < undertook to defend the Church with all her wrinkles — V.G.Kiernan > II. intransitive verb 1. < the corners of her eyes wrinkling with amusement — Morley Callaghan > < his stomach wrinkled up like an unpropped wall collapsing on its own foundations — Liam O'Flaherty > 2. < his pajama jacket had wrinkled up to his chin — Alan Moorehead > < a single wave starts lightly and easily shoreward, wrinkling between reeds — Theodore Roethke > transitive verb 1. < a homemade pink voile dress … wrinkled as tissue paper — Eudora Welty > < young mountain belts, where … the earth has recently been wrinkled and cracked — Howel Williams > 2. < wrinkle her nose appreciatively — Elizabeth Goudge > < wrinkling up his face as though he had already forgotten — P.H.Newby > III. dialect |
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