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pucker
puck·er / ˈpʌkə(r) /
verb
~ (sth) (up) to form or to make sth form small folds or lines
皱起;使起褶子;噘起:
▪ [V]
His face puckered, and he was ready to cry.
他的脸一皱,像要哭了。
▪ [VN]
She puckered her lips.
她噘起嘴唇。
puckered fabric
有褶皱的织物
pucker puck∙er / ˈpʌkə ; ˈpʌkə /
also pucker up
◙verb
1. [I,T] if part of your face puckers, or if you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, for example because you are going to cry or kiss someone
• 皱起(脸等); 撅起(嘴等):
»Her mouth puckered, and she started to cry.
她嘴一撅,哭了起来。
2. [I] if cloth puckers, it gets lines or folds in it and is no longer flat
• 〔布料〕起皱
♦pucker noun [C]
♦puckered adj.
puck·er
I. \ˈpəkə(r)\ verb
(puckered ; puckered ; puckering \-k(ə)riŋ\ ; puckers)
Etymology: probably alteration of poke (I) + -er (freq. suffix)
intransitive verb
1. : to become wrinkled or constricted : present an uneven appearance : contract, furrow, wrinkle
< lips puckered into a low whistle — Don Davis >
< in humid weather … the finished print may have a tendency to pucker — C.E.Dunn >
2. : to assume an expression of earnest concentration : frown
< an envious body will pucker as if he had never heard the name — G.D.Brown >
transitive verb
1. : to contract into folds or corrugations : draw together so as to wrinkle or crimp : constrict, furrow
< spasms gnarl the hands … and pucker the face — A.C.Fisher >
< the effort of thought puckered his brow >
— often used with up
< puckered up my lips for … a good-bye kiss — Glenway Wescott >
especially : to produce (an uneven surface consisting of a series of small bulges and depressions) in a fabric by alternating groups of slack and tight yarns or by finishing with a shrinking treatment that affects only one set of yarns
< ed nylon sport shirts need no ironing — advt >
2. : to produce fullness in (a sewn article) by drawing stitches tight or by gathering a longer edge to a shorter one
< pucker a blouse for smocking >
< moccasins … puckered to a single seam in front — Museum of the American Indian (N.Y.) >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a crimp in a normally even surface : wrinkle, furrow
< screwed her pretty mouth into a pucker of exasperation — Walter O'Meara >
< the folds and puckers of the unexpanded wings of certain moths — E.B.Ford >
specifically : a slight unevenness in a fabric
< puckers are usually due to the presence of nonuniformly drawn yarns — C.M.Whittaker & C.C.Wilcock >
b. : a fabric having a puckered finish
< the newest all-nylon cloth to be added is a pucker in a plaid design — Women's Wear Daily >
2. archaic : a state of agitation or distraction : tizzy
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