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Wrinkle Early Riŋkl N.皱纹;窍门 英 N.皱纹(A Small Ridge

单词 wrinkle
音标 ['riŋkl]
解释 n.皱纹;窍门
红宝书 【英】 n.皱纹(a small ridge or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance; crease);窍门(a change in a customary procedure or method)
【例】 give sb a wrinkle or two (给某人出几个点子)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 n. (因年老而引起的)皱纹; v 使起皱折
【记】wr = wry(v 扭曲), nkle = ankle(n 踝): 扭脚脖子的时候会造成-皱纹
趣味全助记 【记】wrin- 拧 + 音:抠,又拧又抠,弄出皱纹;音:人 + shrink 收缩, 皱缩,人老了就缩小
【相关】crinkle 皱纹

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