1HBHMOVE/CHANGE POSITION[intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also wrinkle up) if you wrinkle a part of your face, or if it wrinkles, small lines appear on it (使)起皱纹;(使)皱起
Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell.
闻到那股味道,亚历克丝皱起了鼻子。
Carter wrinkled his forehead in concentration.
卡特全神贯注,眉头紧锁。
His brow wrinkled when he saw us.
他一看见我们就皱起了眉头。
2[intransitiveI]LINE if a piece of clothing wrinkles, it gets small untidy folds in it 〔布料等〕起皱,起褶SYN crease
The trouble with linen is that it wrinkles so easily.
wrinkled ... nose• He sniffed the breeches and wrinkled his nose.• She wrinkled her nose against it, then went upstairs and into Jessie's room.• He wrinkled his nose as if the smell was still in his nostrils.• He wrinkled his nose at the smells, thinking that the cowardly little wretches were trying to keep out of his way.• Stephen wrinkled his nose in disapproval.• She sniffed them, wrinkled up her nose in disgust.• He wrinkled his nose in distaste at the acrid smell of the place.• Meredith tried her tea and wrinkled her nose up in distaste.
Originwrinkle1
(1300-1400)wrinkled“twisted, winding”((14-16 centuries)), probably from Old Englishgewrinclian“to wind”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WRINKLE | WRINKLE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤fine細細的皺紋➤deep深深的皺紋◇He had deep wrinkles in his forehead.他的額頭上起了深深的皺紋。➤facial面部皺紋VERB + WRINKLE➤have有皺紋▸➤get長出皺紋▸➤prevent防皺◇Is there anything you can do to prevent wrinkles?你有什麼防皺的辦法嗎?➤erase, get rid of, smooth, smooth out消除皺紋;除皺◇Botox temporarily erases wrinkles by acting on certain facial muscles.肉毒桿菌素可作用於某些面部肌肉,暫時消除皺紋。➤iron out, smooth, smooth out熨平褶皺;消除問題◇I tried to iron out the wrinkles in my shirt.我設法將襯衫上的褶皺熨平。◇I went through my presentation to iron out any wrinkles. (figurative) 我將報告從頭至尾檢查了一遍,看看還有沒有什麼問題。WRINKLE + VERB➤appear, form皺紋出現/形成◇Fine wrinkles started to appear around her eyes.她的眼睛周圍開始出現了細紋。PREPOSITION➤without a wrinkle沒有皺紋◇Her skin was still without a wrinkle.她的皮膚仍舊沒有一絲皺紋。