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wrinkle 音标拼音: [r'ɪŋkəl] n. 皱纹,缺点,妙计,消息,方法,技巧
vi. 起皱
vt. 使起皱纹 皱纹,缺点,妙计,消息,方法,技巧起皱使起皱纹 wrinkle n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; " his face has many lines"; " ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [ synonym: { wrinkle}, { furrow}, { crease}, { crinkle}, { seam}, { line}] 2: a minor difficulty; " they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" 3: a clever method of doing something ( especially something new and different) v 1: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; " purse ones' s lips" [ synonym: { purse}, { wrinkle}] 2: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; " The dress got wrinkled"; " crease the paper like this to make a crane" [ synonym: { wrinkle}, { ruckle}, { crease}, { crinkle}, { scrunch}, { scrunch up}, { crisp}] 3: make wrinkled or creased; " furrow one' s brow" [ synonym: { furrow}, { wrinkle}, { crease}] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; " This fabric won' t wrinkle" [ synonym: { rumple}, { crumple}, { wrinkle}, { crease}, { crinkle}] Wrinkle \ Wrin" kle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Wrinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Wrinkling}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. " Sport that wrinkled Care derides." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. [ 1913 Webster] A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. -- Bryant. [ 1913 Webster] { To wrinkle at}, to sneer at. [ Obs.] -- Marston. [ 1913 Webster]
Wrinkle \ Wrin" kle\, n. A winkle. [ Local, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
Wrinkle \ Wrin" kle\, n. [ OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. ????.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. " The wrinkles in my brows." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. -- Emerson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. [ 1913 Webster] Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. [ Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. { Wrench}, n.] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
Wrinkle \ Wrin" kle\, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges. [ 1913 Webster] 146 Moby Thesaurus words for " wrinkle": abbreviate, age, bezel, bonus, bristle, canal, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chase, cheat the undertaker, chink, chisel, circumscribe, coarct, cocker, cockle, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, corrugate, corrugation, crack, cramp, crankle, cranny, craze, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, curtail, cut, dado, decline, decoration, decrease, dike, ditch, dodder, draw, draw in, draw together, engrave, engraving, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, fad, faddiness, faddishness, faddism, faddist, fade, fail, filigree, filling, fillip, flourish, flute, fluting, fold, frill, furrow, gash, get along, get on, goffer, gouge, groove, grow old, gully, incise, incision, knit, knot, lagniappe, microgroove, narrow, novelty, ornament, padding, pleat, plica, plow, premium, pucker, pucker up, purse, rabbet, rage, reduce, ridge, rifle, rifling, rimple, ripple, rivel, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, rumple, rut, score, scratch, screw, scrunch, set on edge, shake, shirr, shorten, shrivel, sink, slit, solidify, something extra, strangle, strangulate, streak, stria, striate, striation, stuffing, sulcation, sulcus, superaddition, totter, trench, trimming, trough, turn gray, turn white, twist, wane, waste away, well- worn groove, wimple, wither, wizen
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