wrinkle
英 ['rɪŋk(ə)l]
美 ['rɪŋkl]
助记提示
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句