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crinkly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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crin·kly /ˈkrɪŋkli/ adjective  1 FOLDhaving a lot of small lines or folds 多皱纹的;皱巴巴的 She looked fondly at his crinkly face. 她深情地看着他那张布满皱纹的脸。 He smiled his nice crinkly smile. 他露出一贯和善的笑容,脸上都是皱纹。 The paper was brown and crinkly at the edges. 报纸泛黄了,边上皱巴巴的。2 DChair that is crinkly is stiff and curly 〔头发〕硬而卷曲的 He had blue eyes and crinkly fair hair. 他有一双蓝色的眼睛和一头金色的鬈发。
Examples from the Corpus
crinklyThe leaves turned brown and crinkly.Overnight there was a frost and it went hard and crinkly.With his receding, crinkly black hair, beaky nose, toothbrush moustache and protruding teeth, Fender came gift-wrapped for cartoonists.In his crinkly fair hair there was hardly any grey.The islands rose sheer out of a millpond sea, pillars of white limestone with ochre splotches capped in crinkly green.His crinkly hair was a glossy brown colour still unmarked by grey; his moustache was neat and trim.Uneven blotches and crinkly patches are on the leaf surface.
crin·kly adjectiveChineseSyllable
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crinkly
crinkly /ˈkrɪŋkli/ adjective
1. having a lot of small lines or folds:
    She looked fondly at his crinkly face.
    He smiled his nice crinkly smile.
    The paper was brown and crinkly at the edges.
2. hair that is crinkly is stiff and curly:
    He had blue eyes and crinkly fair hair.


crin·klyBrE /ˈkrɪŋkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrɪŋkli/ 🔊 adjectivehaving a lot of thin folds or lines 多褶皱的;多皱纹的crinkly silver foil布满褶皱的银箔(of hair 头发) having a lot of small curls or waves 多鬈发的;多波浪的