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Pucker Poke V Pʌkə V.起皱;N.皱褶 英 V.起皱(Become Wrinkled);N.皱褶(A

单词 pucker
音标 ['pʌkə]
解释 v.起皱;n.皱褶
红宝书 【英】 v.起皱(become wrinkled);n.皱褶(a fold or wrinkle)
【考】 astringent : pucker / spark ; ignition(收缩剂可以用来收缩 /火花可以用来点燃)
【例】 If you pucker up your lips like that, you'll get lasting lines round your mouth.
字源 pucker (v.)
1590s, "prob. earlier in colloquial use" [OED], possibly a frequentative form of pock, dialectal variant of poke "bag, sack" (see poke (n.1)), which would give it the same notion as in purse (v.). "Verbs of this type often shorten or obscure the original vowel; compare clutter, flutter, putter, etc." [Barnhart]. Related: Puckered; puckering.
pucker (n.)
1726, literal; 1741, figurative; from pucker (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. 使收缩成皱褶; 噘嘴(嘴唇起皱); n 皱褶
【记】读: 拍拖-需要kiss, 就会噘嘴, 就会起皱
【类】astringent: pucker = spark; ignition收缩剂可以收缩 = 火花可以点燃squint: eye = pucker: mouth斜视是眼的动作 = 噘嘴是嘴巴的动作
趣味全助记 【记】pocket 口袋总是皱的,因为总用或是系釦子缘故;pack 捆扎时会产生皱折

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