wrinkle

• n. しわ
• vi. しわを寄せる
• vt.しわを寄せる

PIE*werの「曲げる」「回す」「しわを寄せる」から。

wrinkle (v.)

early 15c. (transitive), probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked, winding," past participle of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan (see wrench (v.)). Intransitive sense from 1610s. Related: Wrinkled; wrinkling.

wrinkle (n.)

"fold or crease in the extenal body," late 14c.; in cloth or clothing from early 15c., probably from wrinkle (v.). Meaning "defect, problem" first recorded 1640s; that of "idea, device, notion" (especially a new one) is from 1817.

1. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle .

彼女はアイロンをかけた少しもシワのない茶色のシャツを着ている。

2.He noticed a wrinkle in her stocking.

彼は彼女のストッキングにしわがあることに気づいた。

3.The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle .

彼女は頬と目の周りにしわができ始めた。

4.The newest wrinkle in old game of courtship is match-Making by computer.

古いプロポーズの方法の中で、最近、コンピュータからメディアを作る革新的な方法が登場している。

5.Put me up to a wrinkle or two.

アイデアを出してください。