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皱痕,折痕(使)起皱痕
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Crease \Crease\, n. (Lacrosse)
The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing
either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no
attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; --
called also {goal crease}.
Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n.
See {Creese}. --Tennyson.
Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
the bowler and the striker.
{Bowling crease} (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
to the line between the wickets.
{Return crease} (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
the bowler.
{Popping crease} (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
(Encyc. of Rural Sports).
Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Creasing}.]
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray.
资料来源 : WordNet®
crease
n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[syn: {fold}, {plication}, {flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}]
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}]
3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: {kris}, {creese}]
crease
v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress
got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crinkle}, {scrunch},
{scrunch up}, {crisp}]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {furrow},
{wrinkle}]
3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: {graze}, {rake}]
4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crinkle}]