wrinkle
- n.
- 皱纹,妙计,方法,技巧
- vi.
- 起皱
- vt.
- 使起皱纹
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演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 wrinkle
词源说明
From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”).
释义(英文)
词族
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演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 wrynklen
- 继承自 ←古英语 *wrinclian
词源说明
From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).
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释义(英文)
- (US, dialect) A winkle