crease
英 [kri?s]
美 [kris]
- n. 折痕；折縫
- vi. 起皺
- vt. 弄皺；使起折痕
助記提示
1. crease => *creast => crest.
2. crest => *creast => crease.
3. grease => crease: 脂肪太多，贅肉都一疊一疊地折疊著垂下。
4. 諧音“褲內折(多音字，這里將其念著：she, 折本的“折”)、褲蕾折(多音字，這里將其念著：she, 折本的“折”)”-------褲子的蕾絲邊折了，有折痕。
5. creek, creep, crook, crumple => a widespread group of Germanic kr- words meaning "bent, hooked" => cr- + ease (放松的、松弛的) => crease: 非常放松的、松弛的而導致的彎曲而形成的折痕、皺紋。相反地不松弛，而是拉得很緊的話，顯然就不會形成折痕。
6. 區別：crease, cease: 有一句著名的詩詞說得非常好“有花堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝”，通過這句詩詞就可以非常形象地區分開這兩個單詞。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- crease
- crease: [15] Crease and crest are ultimately the same word. The ridges produced by creasing cloth were regarded as similar to ridges or crests, and so the word crease (often creast in late Middle English) came to be applied to them. The loss of the final -t may have been due to the mistaken analysis of creast or crest as the past form of a verb.
=> crest - crease (n.)
- 1660s, altered from creaste "a ridge," perhaps a variant of crest (n.), via meaning "a fold in a length of cloth" (mid-15c.) which produced a crest. In sports, first in cricket (1779), where it was originally cut into the ground. As a verb, from 1580s. Related: Creased; creasing.
雙語例句
- 1. Most outfits crease a bit when you are travelling.
- 旅行時大多數服裝都會略微起褶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Haynes was still at the crease, unbeaten on 84.
- 海恩斯還在擊球線上，他已經得了84分了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Does artificial silk crease more easily than natural silk?
- 人造絲比天然絲更易起皺 嗎 ?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Liz sat down on the bed, lowering herself carefully so as not to crease her skirt.
- 莉茲小心翼翼地坐在床上，生怕把裙子弄皺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I do make him laugh. Don't ask me why, but I'll be saying something and he'll just crease up.
- 我確實能讓他笑。別問我為什么，不過我將要說的事肯定會讓他大笑不止。
來自柯林斯例句