Crease

(n.) See Creese.

(n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

(n.) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.

(v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.

乔茜录入

• Sir James's brow had a little crease in it, a little depression of the eyebrow, which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He wears his usual expressionless mask--if it be a mask--and carries family secrets in every limb of his body and every crease of his dress. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There was nothing loud about its well-bred and well-creased look. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I dared not offer her the half-worn gloves, the creased handkerchief: besides, I felt it would be absurd. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The skin of her face was seamed and creased with a million deepcut furrows. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The uppermost side, when I spread it out, presented to view innumerable folds and creases, and nothing more. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Running up, I blew its brains out, and it fell over with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great creases of his neck. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The traces of the bog were removed from it; the creases left by the wet smoothed out: it was quite decent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• As he bowed to me in that tight state, I almost believe I saw creases come into the whites of his eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He suggested it, by creasing his face with his two thumbs, from the corners of his mouth to his ears. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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