wrinkle

英 ['rɪŋk(ə)l] 美['rɪŋkl]
  • n. 皱纹
  • vi. 起皱
  • vt. 使起皱纹

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词态变化


复数: wrinkles;第三人称单数: wrinkles;过去式: wrinkled;过去分词: wrinkled;现在分词: wrinkling;

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1. see wrench.
分析:wr——“伟人”的拼音首字母;ink——墨水;le——“了”的拼音。
记忆:伟人喝了墨水之后,眉头一皱计上心来,就有了妙计。

中文词源


wrinkle 皱纹

来自PIE*wer,弯,转,拧,词源同wring,wrench。用于指皱纹。

英文词源


wrinkle (v.)
early 15c. (transitive), probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked, winding," past participle of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan (see wrench (v.)). Intransitive sense from 1610s. Related: Wrinkled; wrinkling.
wrinkle (n.)
"fold or crease in the extenal body," late 14c.; in cloth or clothing from early 15c., probably from wrinkle (v.). Meaning "defect, problem" first recorded 1640s; that of "idea, device, notion" (especially a new one) is from 1817.

双语例句


1. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.
她穿着一件熨烫得没有一点儿褶儿的棕色衬衫。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He noticed a wrinkle in her stocking.
他注意到她长筒袜上有一道褶儿。

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3. The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle.
她两颊和双眼周围开始起了皱纹。

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4. The newest wrinkle in old game of courtship is match - making by computer.
在旧的求婚方式中,最近出现了一个创新的办法,那就是由计算机做媒.

来自辞典例句

5. Put me up to a wrinkle or two.
帮我出一个主意.

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