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corrugated

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cor·ru·gated /ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd $ ˈkɔː-, ˈkɑː-/ adjective  CFin the shape of waves or folds, or made like this in order to give something strength 起皱的,波纹的;有瓦楞的 corrugated cardboard 瓦楞纸板
Examples from the Corpus
corrugatedMany species have a finely folded margin, crumpled like corrugated cardboard.The simplest substitute is corrugated cardboard.The local army base, a corrugated fortress with a spindly camera tower, is pressed right up against a primary school.I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here.a shack with a corrugated metal roofOn the corrugated pewter there floated two boats.She saw again the severed vessels, sticking like corrugated pipes through the clotted blood.The walls were unbaked bricks, the roof corrugated sheets.It looked like a condemned storefront, planks of wood everywhere, but through the corrugated tin door was a party.
Origin corrugated (1600-1700) Latin past participle of corrugare, from com- ( → COM-) + ruga line in a surface, wrinkle
cor·ru·gated adjectiveChineseSyllable
or the of in folds, Corpus or shape waves


corrugated
corrugated /ˈkɒrəɡeɪtəd, ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd $ ˈkɔː-, ˈkɑː-/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of corrugare, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + ruga 'line in a surface, wrinkle'
in the shape of waves or folds, or made like this in order to give something strength:
    corrugated cardboard


cor·ru·gatedBrE /ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːrəɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊, /ˈkɑːrəɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 adjective
shaped into a series of regular folds that look like waves 起皱的;起波纹的a corrugated iron roof波纹铁屋顶corrugated cardboard瓦楞纸板