pucker
verb [intransitive, transitive]- pucker (something) (up)
to form or to make something form small folds or lines 皱起;使起褶子;噘起 His face puckered, and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱,像要哭了。 She puckered her lips. 她噘起嘴唇。 puckered fabric 有褶皱的织物
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPucker is used with these nouns as the subject:- face
- brow
- lip
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): probably frequentative, from the base of poke Scottish ‘a bag or small sack’ and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purse-like gatherings).