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单词 wrinkle
释义
wrinkle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/us
/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/

wrinklenoun[C](LINE)

C2
asmalllinein theskincausedbyoldage:
（年老时皮肤上的）皱纹
finewrinkles around theeyes眼晴周围的细纹
anti-wrinklecreams抗皱霜
picture of wrinkle
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asmalllineorfoldincloth
（布料上的）褶皱
picture of wrinkle
Michael H/DigitalVision/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The skin, & skin colour
  • anti-wrinkle
  • ashy
  • beauty spot
  • bloodless
  • blush
  • crevice
  • crimson
  • cutaneous
  • cutis
  • drain
  • florid
  • flush
  • freckle
  • mole
  • sunbath
  • sunbathing
  • sunburned
  • suntan
  • suntanned
  • tanned
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Making things more or less smooth or straight

wrinklenoun[C](PROBLEM)

informal
aproblem, usually asmallone:
小问题；小麻烦
There are still a few wrinkles toironout(=solve)before theagreementcan besigned.在协议签订之前还有一些小问题需要解决。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things more or less smooth or straight
  • bunch
  • bunch(something)up
  • coarsen
  • coarsening
  • creased
  • crinkle
  • fold
  • foldaway
  • folding
  • furl
  • grooming
  • interfold
  • pucker
  • rumple
  • sand
  • sandpaper
  • screw
  • sleek
  • sleek back/down
  • stabilizer
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wrinkle
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/us
/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/
Ifskinormaterialwrinkles, or if something wrinkles it, it getssmalllinesorfoldsin it:
（使）起皱纹；（使）起褶皱
Sunbathing canprematurelyageand wrinkle theskin.日光浴会使皮肤提早老化、产生皱纹。
wrinkleyourbrow
to makefoldsappearonyourfaceaboveyoureyesto show that you aresurprisedorconfused
皱眉（表示惊讶或疑惑）
wrinkle (up)yournose
to show that youdislikesomething or that youdisapproveof something bytighteningthemusclesinyournoseso thatsmalllinesappearin theskin:
皱起鼻子（表示不喜欢或不赞成）
She wrinkled up hernoseatthestrangesmellcoming from thekitchen.闻到厨房里飘来的怪味，她皱起了鼻子。
Amy wrinkled hernoseindisapproval.艾米皱起鼻子以示反对。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things more or less smooth or straight
  • bunch
  • bunch(something)up
  • coarsen
  • coarsening
  • creased
  • crinkle
  • fold
  • foldaway
  • folding
  • furl
  • grooming
  • interfold
  • pucker
  • rumple
  • sand
  • sandpaper
  • screw
  • sleek
  • sleek back/down
  • stabilizer
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Grimacing and frowning
(Definition ofwrinklefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wrinkle| American Dictionary

wrinkle
noun[C]
us
/ˈrɪŋ·kəl/
asmalllinein theskin, or asmallfoldincloth:
You need toironout the wrinkles inyourskirt.
fig.We still need toironout a few wrinkles(=slightproblems)inouragreement.

wrinkle

verb[I/T]us
/ˈrɪŋ·kəl/
[I]If you don’tpackthedresscarefully, it will wrinkle.

Idiom

wrinkleyournose
(Definition ofwrinklefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrinkle

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The young men looked like old people because their flesh was so full of folds and wrinkles.
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Poorly preserved but significant specimen with typical bundle-shaped wrinkles superimposing scratch mark patterns on the lobe surfaces.
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One starts to realise that one must accept one's body with all of the wrinkles and cramps it gets.
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Both had thin white hair and both wore thick, black-framed glasses that swamped their aged, wrinkled faces.
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The seed coat is thin (<1 mm), with the outer surface opaque, yellowish (ripe seed) and slightly wrinkled; seminal stigmas not perceptible.
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Damaged seeds consisted of aborted seeds, wrinkled or shrivelled seeds or seeds showing necrosis and/or feeding lesions.
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The genotype r\\r determines wrinkled seeds and compound starch grains, rapidly and easily scored with a microscope.
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He got to his feet and began to wade towards the shore, pressing his toes into the firm, wrinkled sand.
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They reveal interesting wrinkles on the surface of the orthodox piety which the priests sought to project through saints' lives and moral exempla.
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I do not intend to provide an alternate model of modern government but, rather, to suggest some analytic wrinkles in its terrain.
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She positioned herself on the front row, her brow wrinkled with concentration as she followed the movements of the instructor very closely.
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To make the society lady look comic, he gives her messy hair and floating fragments of frills, and exaggerates the wrinkles in her gown.
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The surface of thrombus was uneven and wrinkled in some portions.
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The elongated grooves and wrinkles were presumably produced by dehydration.
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Rugosomarginifera is said to have distinct concentric wrinkles, spines on both valves, spines arranged in a curved row near ears and the gently concave-convex profile.
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