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puckery

/puhk-uh-ree/US // ˈpʌk ə ri //

褶皱的,褶皱,褶皱感,褶皱状的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : puckered.
    • : puckering.
    • : tending to pucker.

Examples

  • It was Fred who was the first to notice that the piece of cake he was devouring had a peculiar puckery taste.

  • Oh, but they were puckery when green, but the frost sweetened them.

  • You have a little puckery frown between your eyes, whenever you look at Florence and me.

  • But the skin was thick, very sour and puckery, so eating plums was not an unmixed joy.

  • Mother knows how to avoid the puckery, thick skin in eating plums.