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单词 wrinkly
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Definition of wrinkly in English:

wrinkly

adjectivewrinklier, wrinkliest ˈrɪŋkliˈrɪŋk(ə)li
  • Having many lines or folds.

    皱的;有皱纹的

    her thin, wrinkly face
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In any case, the dog should be kept as clean as possible, particularly in wrinkly areas, to help prevent irritations in the skin folds.
    • When he saw his grandson and Josie stand and begin to dance, a smile spread across his old, wrinkly face.
    • Her skin is brown and wrinkly and saggy from spending too much time in the sun.
    • A couple lockers down was a boy, about 5'5, with scruffy brown hair, wearing rumpled blue jeans and a wrinkly white t-shirt, looking as though he'd just fallen out of bed.
    • She pulled on a light wind jacket to cover her wrinkly shirt and laced up her shoes.
    • The 1970s were more earnest: health officials used advertising to caution against everything from the hazards of pregnancy, smoking and food hygiene to wrinkly tights.
    • Family myth says that when we went to the cinema, my dad would make you painstakingly unwrap any sweets before the film began so as not to disturb people with wrinkly cellophane noises during the show.
    • The speaker was an old, wrinkly man with smiling, dark eyes and curly gray hair.
    • Endowed with pinkish-gray, wrinkly skin, scant hair, and long buck teeth, naked mole-rats aren't likely to win any beauty contests.
    • She's convinced that no matter how hard she works out, the skin that covers her taut biceps is growing daily more slack and wrinkly.
    • Last I remember of it, it had several torn and wrinkly pages and the cover was folded and worn out.
    • She wore purple pajama bottoms that were kind of dirty, very wrinkly and had little moons on them.
    • Growers sell their produce direct to the consumer making them better value than supermarket organics and fresher than the sad ritual display of wrinkly produce that lingers in some wholefood shops.
    • The danger, of course, is that, if we're not careful, golf clubs are going to end up as mere refuges for increasingly grey and increasingly wrinkly sections of society.
    • She now lives in Palm Springs, the desert oasis associated with super-rich and wrinkly superstars.
    • I've noticed recently that I'm starting to look a bit wrinkly around the eyes and although I'll probably still smother Oil of Olay on the suspected areas, I don't fear the aging process quite so much.
    • Mr Black's wrinkly face screwed up to such a degree that he looked like a sun dried tomato.
    • My face had little wrinkly lines on it from how much I had cried the night before.
    • ‘I don't even know what I should be looking for,’ he remarked, turning the wrinkly, yellow, age old pages.
    • Mangoes with slightly wrinkly skin are the sweetest ones.
    Synonyms
    wrinkled, crinkled, crumpled, rumpled, creased, crimped, corrugated, fluted, gathered, puckered, furrowed, ridged, grooved, rippled, wavy, kinked, kinky
nounPlural wrinklies ˈrɪŋkli
British derogatory, informal
  • An old person.

    〈英,非正式,幽默或贬〉老人

    none of the wrinklies looked pleased to see their visitors

    没有一个老人看上去很乐意见到他们的访客。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This session features a younger group of musicians, refreshing to those who imagine that the jazz is populated by wrinklies.
    • Often dismissed as wrinklies and fogeys, dodderers and ditherers, it turns out that Saga's target audience are, in fact, among the biggest consumers in the country.
    • The so-called grey and wrinklies are no fools and a force to be reckoned with.
    • Seeing Her Majesty was the one thing the sentimental wrinklies in our family wanted us to do while we're over here.
    • The other day I was given a list of 150 wrinklies and told to call them up and arrange appointments for their alarms to be reprogrammed.
    • A lot of the wrinklies, in fact, come along with holes in their shirts and jerseys.
    • Disney is great for anyone and for all ages, whether you're a toddler or an old wrinkly!
    • Younger jazz audiences and open-minded wrinklies will welcome the intriguing comparison of these two CDs.
    • Last year, not a single wrinkly was working in this town.
    • This afternoon there were Victorian-style games, followed by a disco for 2-12s and a 70's disco for the wrinklies.
    • It's full of happy kids, relaxed wrinklies, mums, dads and strolling couples.
    • Being a white-headed wrinklie, as Australians call us old folks, I now feel the laughs bubbling up the way they have most of my 76 years.
    • The battle of the wrinklies commences when the ‘Oldie of the Year’ awards are presented in London.
    • The script is incredibly funny, with a bright and breezy pace and a good message for all wrinklies out there: life is worth living and you should pursue your dreams no matter how old you are.
    • As a 73-year-old I have to put my hand up and admit to never referring to myself as an old age pensioner, senior citizen, or even a wrinkly - I much prefer my term of recycled teenager, which causes great amusement.
    • Bath's nice - a lot of old wrinklies there, though.
    • Remember there's 11 million of us wrinklies out there, and you know we vote in higher numbers than any other age group.
    • The other reason I'm here is to house-sit for the wrinklies while they're off swanning around South Australia.
    • The fears that jazz is increasingly in the hands of grey wrinklies is dispelled by the sight of such musicians as James Lancaster, Dave Hardy and Paul Baxter.
    • As tomorrow's wrinklies get older and older they will accumulate disabilities.
    Synonyms
    retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap

Rhymes

crinkly, tinkly, twinkly

Definition of wrinkly in US English:

wrinkly

adjectiveˈriNGk(ə)lēˈrɪŋk(ə)li
  • Having many lines or folds.

    皱的;有皱纹的

    he's old and wrinkly

    他老得满脸是皱纹。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A couple lockers down was a boy, about 5'5, with scruffy brown hair, wearing rumpled blue jeans and a wrinkly white t-shirt, looking as though he'd just fallen out of bed.
    • My face had little wrinkly lines on it from how much I had cried the night before.
    • I've noticed recently that I'm starting to look a bit wrinkly around the eyes and although I'll probably still smother Oil of Olay on the suspected areas, I don't fear the aging process quite so much.
    • When he saw his grandson and Josie stand and begin to dance, a smile spread across his old, wrinkly face.
    • Family myth says that when we went to the cinema, my dad would make you painstakingly unwrap any sweets before the film began so as not to disturb people with wrinkly cellophane noises during the show.
    • Endowed with pinkish-gray, wrinkly skin, scant hair, and long buck teeth, naked mole-rats aren't likely to win any beauty contests.
    • Her skin is brown and wrinkly and saggy from spending too much time in the sun.
    • The danger, of course, is that, if we're not careful, golf clubs are going to end up as mere refuges for increasingly grey and increasingly wrinkly sections of society.
    • In any case, the dog should be kept as clean as possible, particularly in wrinkly areas, to help prevent irritations in the skin folds.
    • She pulled on a light wind jacket to cover her wrinkly shirt and laced up her shoes.
    • Growers sell their produce direct to the consumer making them better value than supermarket organics and fresher than the sad ritual display of wrinkly produce that lingers in some wholefood shops.
    • She wore purple pajama bottoms that were kind of dirty, very wrinkly and had little moons on them.
    • Mangoes with slightly wrinkly skin are the sweetest ones.
    • ‘I don't even know what I should be looking for,’ he remarked, turning the wrinkly, yellow, age old pages.
    • The 1970s were more earnest: health officials used advertising to caution against everything from the hazards of pregnancy, smoking and food hygiene to wrinkly tights.
    • She's convinced that no matter how hard she works out, the skin that covers her taut biceps is growing daily more slack and wrinkly.
    • Mr Black's wrinkly face screwed up to such a degree that he looked like a sun dried tomato.
    • The speaker was an old, wrinkly man with smiling, dark eyes and curly gray hair.
    • Last I remember of it, it had several torn and wrinkly pages and the cover was folded and worn out.
    • She now lives in Palm Springs, the desert oasis associated with super-rich and wrinkly superstars.
    Synonyms
    wrinkled, crinkled, crumpled, rumpled, creased, crimped, corrugated, fluted, gathered, puckered, furrowed, ridged, grooved, rippled, wavy, kinked, kinky
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