wrinkle
英 ['rɪŋk(ə)l]
美 ['rɪŋkl]
助記提示
1. see wrench.
分析：wr——“偉人”的拚音首字母；ink——墨水；le——“了”的拚音。
記憶：偉人喝了墨水之後，眉頭一皺計上心來，就有了妙計。
中文詞源
wrinkle 皺紋來自PIE*wer,彎，轉，擰，詞源同wring,wrench。用於指皺紋。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.
- 她穿著一件熨燙得沒有一點兒褶兒的棕色襯衫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He noticed a wrinkle in her stocking.
- 他注意到她長筒襪上有一道褶兒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle.
- 她兩頰和雙眼周圍開始起了皺紋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The newest wrinkle in old game of courtship is match - making by computer.
- 在舊的求婚方式中,最近出現了一個創新的辦法,那就是由計算機做媒.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Put me up to a wrinkle or two.
- 幫我出一個主意.
來自辭典例句