wrinkle

英 ['r??k(?)l] 美['r??kl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?wrinkles;第三人稱單數(shù):?wrinkles;過去式:?wrinkled;過去分詞:?wrinkled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?wrinkling;

1. see wrench.
分析：wr——“偉人”的拼音首字母；ink——墨水；le——“了”的拼音。
記憶：偉人喝了墨水之后，眉頭一皺計上心來，就有了妙計。

wrinkle 皺紋

來自PIE*wer,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，擰，詞源同wring,wrench。用于指皺紋。

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.

1. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.: 她穿著一件熨燙得沒有一點(diǎn)兒褶兒的棕色襯衫。

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。

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(xiàn)了一個創(chuàng)新的辦法,那就是由計算機(jī)做媒.