uncrisp
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To become less or not crisp.
— [The] metal [of the coach], jouncing on the track, massaged his behind and his pants, uncrisping, were as wet from the mangy dog as from the sweat pouring out between his legs.
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To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body); to cause to be no longer contorted or tensed.
— When his miserable life is over they lay him out—that is, they pull his legs, and try to uncrisp his fingers,
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To stop being contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
— She saw his fingers uncrisp, then grip the shelf again.
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To stop (something) from rippling or undulating.
— Behold your Neptune, with his Trident there, Vncrisps the Billows, smoothing them like Glass;
形容词 adj.
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Not crisp.; Not possessing firmness and freshness or brittleness (especially of foods).
— […] if a second crop was taken from the same ground without fertilizing it, the melons would be small and what we called soapy; that is, soft and smooth, utterly uncrisp, and without a trace of the lively freshness and sweetness of those raised on virgin soil.
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Not crisp.; Not quick, precise, accurate or well-defined.
— […] from time to time a sort of unhealthy almost-light leaked from the large uncrisp corpse of the sky, returning for a moment to our view the ruined landscape.
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Not crisp.; Not curling in stiff curls or ringlets (of hair).
— His light brown hair fell, in thin, uncrisp locks, about his white, prominent temples,
词源
词源 1
From un- + crisp.
词源 2
From un- + crisp.
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