核心畫面

You can think of crinkle as the moment something thin stops lying flat. A sweet wrapper, a sheet of baking paper, the skin at the corner of an eye — all of it gathers into many small, shallow folds at once, running in every direction. Nothing tears, and nothing is into a ball; the surface keeps its shape and simply goes from smooth to finely lined. Those little folds can be seen, felt, and, when the material moves, even heard.

「crinkle」可以想成「薄薄的東西不再平整」的那一刻。糖果紙、烘焙紙、眼角的皮膚,一下子冒出很多條又細又淺的摺痕更多收起「crinkle」可以想成「薄薄的東西不再平整」的那一刻。糖果紙、烘焙紙、眼角的皮膚,一下子冒出很多條又細又淺的摺痕,方向亂亂的,原本光滑的表面就變得細細碎碎。東西沒有破,也沒有被壓成一團;形狀還在,只是表面自己收攏成一堆小摺。那些小摺看得到、摸得到,材質一動的時候甚至聽得到。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary traces crinkle to Middle English crenclen and Old English crincan 'to yield, to bend', with the -le ending that marks a small action done again and again — a picture of bending over and over, which is exactly what a field of tiny folds looks like. It is related to cringe.

Wiktionary 把 crinkle 追到中古英文 crenclen 和古英文 crincan(屈服、彎折),字尾 -le 表示「一再重複的小動作」。一再彎折,正好就是一整片細摺的樣子。它和 cringe 同源。

Wiktionary entry for crinkle, supplied in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1183770038:6527)

Three branches

薄物起細摺

這一組就是核心畫面本身:一片薄薄的表面收攏成許多小摺,動詞說的是那個過程,名詞說的是留下來的痕跡。

verb · B2

If something thin like paper, plastic or cloth crinkles, many small shallow folds form across its surface; you can also crinkle something to make this happen.

起皺

臉上擠出的細紋

皮膚也是一層薄薄的表面,一笑、一皺眉,它就跟紙一樣收攏成細紋,所以用的還是同一個字。

verb · B2

If a part of your face crinkles, or you crinkle it, small lines appear on it — usually round the eyes, nose or mouth when you smile or pull a face.

(臉)擠出細紋

細摺發出的聲音

同一片細摺,這次不是用看的而是用聽的:材質一動,小摺互相摩擦,就有了那個細細乾乾的聲音。

verb · C1

To make a light, dry, rustling sound, the way stiff paper or cloth does when it moves.

沙沙作響