Word · Frequency #14754
crease
折痕；褶皱；皱纹
A line or narrow fold made by folding or pressing something, or a similar mark such as a wrinkle.
- 1.
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
折叠或弯曲柔软物体留下的线或痕迹；引申为任何类似的痕迹。
- 2.
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
通过折叠形成的角形或圆形形状
- 3.
One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
球场上标示不同比赛区域的白色线之一；尤指击球线,也包括投球线和回球线。
- 4.
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
表面光滑度上的轻微凹陷
- 5.
The circle around the goal, which no offensive players may enter during play, unless after scoring.
球门周围的圆圈,比赛时攻方球员不得进入,除非得分后。
- 6.
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
一种带波浪形刀刃的马来短刀
- 7.
The area in front of each goal.
每个球门前的区域。
凹痕；皱痕；球门区；禁区；（板球场的）界线；击球线；马来短剑（波浪形刀刃）；折叠或弯曲柔软物体留下的线或痕迹；引申为任何类似的痕迹。
In use
He ironed the crease in his trousers to make them look sharp.
The paper had a crease from being folded in half.
The museum displayed a traditional Malay crease with a wavy blade.
a crease in his trousers
Connections
Collocations
- crease in your trousers
- 裤子上的折痕
- He pressed a sharp crease in his trousers.他把裤子烫出一条笔直的折痕。
- deep crease
- 深深的皱纹
- Deep creases appeared around his eyes.他的眼角出现了深深的皱纹。
- iron out the creases
- 熨平褶皱
- She ironed out the creases in the shirt.她把衬衫上的褶皱熨平了。
- popping crease
- 板球击球线
- The batsman was run out just short of the popping crease.击球手在距离击球线一步远的地方被罚出场。
- bowling crease
- 板球投球线
- The bowler overstepped the bowling crease.投手踩过了投球线。
- crease in the paper
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把纸对折后压出的那道线就是 crease，'cre' 开头像压折的动作，专指折叠留下的痕迹。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：clothing and fabric、paper and documents、cricket pitch 该词在日常生活和一般书面语中比较常见，通常指布料、纸张等因折叠或挤压形成的线状痕迹；在板球语境中也可指场地上的线。具体场合下正式与非正式都可使用，中性色彩较明显。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with crease /kriːs/: they share the stressed vowel /iː/ followed by /s/. Note that 'ease' /iːz/ and 'please' /pliːz/ look similar but end in a voiced /z/, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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