| 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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