音标:['pʌkә] ;
vt. 使起皱
vi. 折成褶
n. 皱纹
n. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
v. become wrinkled or drawn together
词型变化:过去式 : puckered ; 现在分词 : puckering ; 第三人称单数 : puckers ; 名词复数形式 : puckers ; 过去分词 : puckered
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
动词84%
名词16%

pucker的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The dress fitted badly and puckered at the waist.这件连衣裙不合身,腰部很皱。
  2. The child's face puckered up and he began to cry.那孩子脸一皱哭了起来。
用作名词(n.)
  1. His morning-coat fits him without a pucker.他的晨礼服非常合身,穿起来连一条皱纹也没有。
  2. How late you come! You made me in a pucker.你怎么来得这么晚,真把人急死啦!

词汇搭配

  • in a pucker激动
  • pucker up皱起(发脾气)...

经典引文

  • The troubled pucker on his forehead.

    出自:M. de la Roche
  • His waistcoat..had a propensity to pucker up.

    出自:Albert Smith
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