| 单词 | pucker |
| 释义 | puck·er I. intransitive verb 1. < lips puckered into a low whistle — Don Davis > < in humid weather … the finished print may have a tendency to pucker — C.E.Dunn > 2. < an envious body will pucker as if he had never heard the name — G.D.Brown > transitive verb 1. < spasms gnarl the hands … and pucker the face — A.C.Fisher > < the effort of thought puckered his brow > — often used with up < puckered up my lips for … a good-bye kiss — Glenway Wescott > especially < ed nylon sport shirts need no ironing — advt > 2. < pucker a blouse for smocking > < moccasins … puckered to a single seam in front — Museum of the American Indian (N.Y.) > II. 1. a. < screwed her pretty mouth into a pucker of exasperation — Walter O'Meara > < the folds and puckers of the unexpanded wings of certain moths — E.B.Ford > specifically < puckers are usually due to the presence of nonuniformly drawn yarns — C.M.Whittaker & C.C.Wilcock > b. < the newest all-nylon cloth to be added is a pucker in a plaid design — Women's Wear Daily > 2. archaic |
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