Crinkle



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 变皱; n. 皱纹
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 变皱 ( cause to be full of wrinkles, twists, or ripples) ; n. 皱纹 ( a wrinkle, twist, or ripple)
• ［记］ 从wrinkle ( 皱纹) 变化而来
• ［例］ I can't wear this dress to the dance. It's all crinkled_

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (crinkled; crinkling)

• Etymology: Middle English crynkelen; akin to Old English cringan to yield
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to form many short bends or ripples
    • b. wrinkle
  • 2. to give forth a thin crackling sound ; rustle <crinkling silks
• transitive verb
  • to cause to crinkle ; make crinkles in

II. noun

• Date: 1596
• 1. wrinkle, corrugation, pucker
• 2. any of several virus diseases of plants marked by crinkling of leaves
• ? crinkly adjective

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