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語源 1

From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.

動詞

crine (third-person singular simple present crines, present participle crining, simple past and past participle crined)

1. (intransitive, Scotland) To wither, wilt, shrivel.

語源 2

From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).

名詞

crine (countable and uncountable, plural crines)

1. (obsolete) Hair of the head.

語源 3

動詞

crine

1. Pronunciation spelling of crying, representing African-American Vernacular English

Further reading

• “crine, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “crine, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.