a line or small fold in your skin, especially on your face, that forms as you get older (尤指脸上的)皱纹 Collocations Physical appearancePhysical appearance 外貌 - A person may be described as having:
描述一个人的长相可用 have 一词: Eyes 眼睛 - (bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
- deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
- small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
- piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
- bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
- bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
- long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes
Face 脸 - a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
- a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
- full/thick/thin/pouty lips
- dry/chapped/cracked lips
- flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
- soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
- white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
- a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
- a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
- a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
- a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache
Hair and skin 头发和皮肤 - pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
- dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
- a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
- deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
- blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(British English) ginger/grey hair
- straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
- thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
- dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
- long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
- a bald/balding/shaved head
- a receding hairline
- a bald patch/spot
- a side/centre(British English) parting
Body 身体 - a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
- broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
- a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
- a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
- a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
- big/wide/narrow/slim hips
- a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
- thin/slender/muscular arms
- big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
- long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
- long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
- muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
- big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
- a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
- be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build
有着苗条的/中等的/普通的/大块头的/健壮的/矮壮的身材
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec1Fine wrinkles started to appear around her eyes. 她的眼睛周围开始出现了细纹。 He had deep wrinkles in his forehead. 他的额头上起了深深的皱纹。 Her skin was still without a wrinkle. 她的皮肤仍旧没有一丝皱纹。 Is there anything you can do to prevent wrinkles? 你有什么防止起皱的办法吗?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- deep
- facial
- …
- have
- get
- prevent
- …
- appear
- form
- without a wrinkle
- [usually plural]
a small fold that you do not want in a piece of cloth or paper (布或纸上的)褶皱,皱痕 I tried to iron out the wrinkles in my shirt. 我设法将衬衫上的褶皱熨平。 - (figurative)
I went through my presentation to iron out any wrinkles (= to correct any parts that were not quite right). 我将报告从头至尾检查了一遍,看看还有没有什么问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- deep
- facial
- …
- have
- get
- prevent
- …
- appear
- form
- without a wrinkle
Word Originlate Middle English: origin obscure, possibly a back-formation from the Old English past participle gewrinclod ‘sinuous’ (of which no infinitive is recorded).