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crease /ˈkris/
皺痕,折痕(vt.)(vi.)(使)起皺痕
crease /ˈkrɪs/ 名詞
皺,折痕,折縫,變皺,使折縫
Crease, n.
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.
3. 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.
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.
Crease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased 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.
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Creese n. A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]
From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne.
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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]
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]