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

crease¹ /krēs/

noun

A mark made by folding, pressing or crumpling

Such a mark pressed centrally and longitudinally into a trouser-leg

A wrinkle or line on the face

Any of the lines that regulate the positions of batsman and bowler at the wicket in cricket (see also bowling crease, popping crease and return crease below)

(in ice-hockey and lacrosse) a marked area round the goal

transitive verb

To make a crease or creases in

To graze with a bullet, sometimes used as a method of temporarily disabling rather than killing (an animal)

intransitive verb

To become creased

transitive verb

intransitive verb

informal

To double up with laughter (often with up)

ORIGIN: Origin uncertain

creasˈer noun

creasˈy adjective

Full of creases

Liable or tending to crease

creaseˈ-resistant or creaseˈ-resisting adjective

(of a fabric) not becoming creased in normal wear

bowling crease (cricket)

A line marked perpendicularly across the pitch at the level of the wicket, from astride which the bowler must bowl

popping crease (cricket)

A line marked perpendicularly across the pitch four feet in front of the bowling crease, at which the batsman plays and behind which he or she must have a foot or bat in order not to be run out or stumped

return crease (cricket)

A line marked at right angles to the bowling crease and popping crease on either side of the wicket, inside which the bowler must bowl the ball

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