单词 | wrinkling |
释义 | wrinklingn.ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) folda1250 windinga1387 wrinkling1387 revolution?a1425 wrinkle1430 crink1567 crank1572 cringle-crangle1573 crinkle1596 crankle1598 crinkle-crankle1598 meander1603 anfractuosity1612 ins and outs1655 sinuationa1676 insinuationa1684 anfractus1719 sinuosity1720 flexuosity1737 evolution1765 cringle1808 wriggle1825 voluminosity1841 squiggle1902 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 9 As laborintus..haþ many..wyndynges and wrynkelynges, þat wil nouȝt be vnwarled. 1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxiii A good smellynge smoke,..full meuable, and tornynge, and crokyd with many bendynges and wrynklynges. 2. The action of creasing, puckering, or contracting into wrinkles; the fact of becoming corrugated or rivelled. ΘΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > into wrinkles rivellinga1398 wrinkling1528 puckering1611 shrivellinga1631 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > fact or action of wrinkling rivellinga1398 plighting1400 rimpling1493 wrinkling1528 wrimpling1611 shrivellinga1631 rumpling1640 rucking1831 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. C iij Retraction and wrynkelynge together of the veynes. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 346 A certaine contraction and wrinckling..of the Orifice. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 173 The Curtizans make all the forepart of their gownes in like manner open, to avoid wrinckling. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 156 The wrinkling of the lower part of the Vagina. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 174 If the Fly had been Dead for some while..I could have observed none of this Wrinkling. 1859 Habits Good Society iii. 149 A peculiar wrinkling [of the trousers] from the foot to the knee. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 268 [The] degree of wrinkling of the back of the mesothorax. 1888 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 40 Wrinklings of the crust..gave rise at first to baby mountain ranges. 3. a. concrete. A series or collection of wrinkles; a puckered surface, formation, etc. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease > series of wrinkling1495 crinkling1587 crimping1734 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. lxiii. sig. lviij Ye fatnes..stretchyth oute the wrynkelynge of the skynne. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 379 The shriueled wrincklings yt appeare on womens bellies after their deliuerance. 1628 W. Folkingham Panala Medica x. 66 It clenses the Ventricle from..Crudities sticking to its rugosities and wrinklings. 1857 P. P. Carpenter Catal. Coll. Mazatlan Shells Brit. Mus. 225 The first whirl..is characterized by extremely minute wrinkling over the whole surface, only discernible..when quite fresh. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps iii. iii. §6 Such wrinkling of brow and mouth as only an experienced actor can produce. b. spec. (See quot. 1894.) Π 1894 Amer. Dict. Printing 588/1 Wrinkling, an uneven surface in a book, caused by not being properly backed or pressed, or occasioned by dampness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). wrinklingadj. 1. Causing or forming creases or wrinkles. ΘΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > causing wrinkling1601 shrivelling1816 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > causing wrinkles or creases rivelling1481 wrinkling1601 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C3v The wrinckling print of time Err'd, when it seald my forehead vp with age. 1756 W. Mason Odes iii. 16 To thee, whose..polish'd brow The wrinkling hand of Sorrow spares. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 22 Ye icy Springs, stagnant with wrinkling frost. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood I. i. i. 48 A wrinkling smile crossed the sexton's brow. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. iv. 87 We..took thy wrinkling cares For ruffling hopes, and called thee weak. 2. Undergoing marking with, characterized by, wrinkles or creases. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased rivelledlOE hirpleda1400 runkleda1400 rimpleda1425 wrimpledc1430 crimpled1440 frumpledc1440 runkle?1440 ruscledc1440 crumple1523 wrinkled?1523 creased1545 pursy1552 shrivelled1565 wrinkly1573 crumpled1577 ruffed1578 scrimpledc1590 wrizzled1590 wimpled1599 rucked1600 puckered1606 cappard1608 wrinkleful1608 plighty1615 yfrouncta1643 puggered1653 caperated1657 wreathed1657 pursed1676 crinkly1750 runkly1772 wrinkling1791 ruckya1825 puckery1830 creasy1858 seamy1874 crinkle1886 kinkled1890 bumfled1943 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 113 Glad Echo..Her wrinkling founts with soft vibration shakes. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 151 This wrinkling brow, Naked and bare of its great diadem. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 27 The wrinkling stalk of Time. 1881 G. W. Cable Mme. Delphine iv. 13 Furniture..carved just enough to give the notion of wrinkling pleasantry. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling wraggling?a1513 wriggling1567 friggling1621 wrinkling1653 squirming1860 wrigglesome1891 1653 W. Lauson Comm. Dennys' Secrets Angling 21 There be divers wayes to catch the wrinkling Eele. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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