英语词汇“wrinkle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

wrinklewrinkle1 /ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYwrinkle¹

Origin: 1300-1400 wrinkled twisted, winding (14-16 centuries), probably from Old English gewrinclian to wind

COLLOCATIONS► iron/smooth out the wrinkles (in something)

(=solve the small problems in something)

1a line on your face or skin that you get when you are old2a small messy fold in a piece of clothing or paper SYN crease: My skirt’s full of wrinkles.3a small problem: iron/smooth out the wrinkles (in something) (=solve the small problems in something)4a strange and interesting feature or fact that was unexpected or that most people do not know about—wrinkly adjective

noun | verb

wrinklewrinkle2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

wrinkle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	wrinkle
	he, she, it	wrinkles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	wrinkled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have wrinkled
	he, she, it	has wrinkled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had wrinkled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will wrinkle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have wrinkled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am wrinkling
	he, she, it	is wrinkling
	you, we, they	are wrinkling
Past	I, he, she, it	was wrinkling
	you, we, they	were wrinkling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been wrinkling
	he, she, it	has been wrinkling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been wrinkling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be wrinkling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been wrinkling

1if you wrinkle a piece of clothing, cloth, or paper, or if it wrinkles, it gets small messy folds in it: My blue jacket wrinkles too easily.2 (also wrinkle up) if you wrinkle your nose, face, etc., or if it wrinkles, you move it so that there are wrinkles on or around it3if skin wrinkles or something wrinkles it, it develops small folds and lines as you get older or as it becomes damaged