dimple
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dim·ple /ˈdɪmpəl/ noun [countable] 1. DCBHBHa small hollow place on your skin, especially one on your cheek or chin when you smile 〔脸颊上的〕酒窝;〔下巴上的〕凹痕2. a small hollow place in a surface 浅凹,小坑 —dimpled adjective dimpled cheeks 有酒窝的双颊
Examples from the Corpus
dimple• Elbow of the leg leaves a dimple.• The way my cheeks are tickling, I feel I have dimples.• In the case of our review unit, the final stage was a sheet of dimple foam.• I banged my left cheek off it as I fell, + I now have a permanent dimple to tell the tale.• I bet it really got him going seeing my little pink dimples bobbing up and down there.• This includes the dimples or partially detached chads that were the subject of so much attention.• She smiles, and two dimples appear in her pasty cheeks, still shiny from last night's application of face cream.Origin dimple (1300-1400) Probably from Old English dympeldim·ple nounChineseSyllable
your on small one Corpus place hollow a skin, especially
dimple
dim‧ple /ˈdɪmpəl/
noun [countable]
2. a small hollow place in a surface
—dimpled adjective:
dimpled cheeks
dim‧ple /ˈdɪmpəl/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Old English dympel
1. a small hollow place on your skin, especially one on your cheek or chin when you smileOrigin: Probably from Old English dympel
2. a small hollow place in a surface
—dimpled adjective: