| 单词 | a new wrinkle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa new wrinkle a. A clever or adroit expedient or trick; a happy device; a ‘dodge’. Esp. (U.S.) in a new wrinkle.Frequently from c1840 in to put one up to a wrinkle (or two).Perhaps a development from the following, or some similar piece of repartee: 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 74 They say, mocking is catching. Miss. I never heard that. Neverout. Why, then,..you have a Wrinkle——more than ever you had before. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1817 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 111 He could put her up to a wrinkle or two. 1848 Punch July 19 He..knows ‘a wrinkle’ of everything. 1875 ‘S. Beauchamp’ N. Hamilton II. 155 ‘You surely don't mean to say you are going to fish with blue-bottles?’ ‘Yes, I do... It's a wrinkle.’ 1882 Cassell's Bk. Sports 40 Such wrinkles experience alone will teach. 1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues iv. 35 In addition to twirling their batons, they added the new wrinkle of tossing them back and forth to each other as they marched. 1969 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 3/3 The idea for the briefings, a new wrinkle in selling Presidential policy, came from White House communications director Herbert Klein. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 37/3 In his budget proposals, the president came up with an investment tax credit with a new wrinkle: If passed by Congress, it will apply to structures as well as to capital equipment. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 29 Mar. 4 a (cartoon) This guy Chernenko should put a new wrinkle in Russian politics. < as lemmas |
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