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- a slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face皱, 皱纹; 褶皱。
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- informal a minor difficulty; a snag〈非正式〉小困难, 小难题; 小障碍:
the organizers have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out.
组织人员把那些小问题都妥善解决了。
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- informal a clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice〈非正式〉妙计; 好主意; 点子:
learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time.
从经验更丰富的人那里学一些好点子能节省时间。
with obj.[often as adj. wrinkled]
1- make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin)使起褶皱, 使起皱纹:
Dotty's wrinkled stockings.
多蒂起皱的长袜。
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- grimace and cause wrinkles on (a part of the face)使(脸部)皱起; 使(脸部)皱缩:
he sniffed and wrinkled his nose.
他吸了吸气, 皱起了鼻子。
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- no obj. form or become marked with lines or folds有皱纹; 起皱纹; 皱起:
her brow wrinkled.
她皱起眉毛。
词源
late Middle English: origin obscure, possibly a back-formation from the Old English past participle gewrinclod 'sinuous' (of which no infinitive is recorded).