crease

Compared meaning: a line left after folding or pressing (noun).

比较义项：折叠或按压后留下的痕迹（名词）。

• fold

  Fold is the neutral, general word for any line left by bending something over itself, including a deliberate, tidy fold like on a folded towel or map.

  fold是比较中性、泛指的词，指物体自身弯折后留下的任何痕迹，包括像叠好的毛巾或纸张那样整齐、有意折出的痕迹。

  There is a neat fold down the center where she folded the map in half.

  她把地图对折，中间留下了一道整齐的fold。

• crease 本词

  Crease usually names an unwanted or messy line in cloth or paper, often something you try to smooth or iron out, though it can also mean a deliberate trouser line.

  crease通常指布料或纸张上不美观、意外造成的痕迹，往往是需要熨平或抚平的对象，不过它也可以指裤子上特意烫出的笔直褶线。

  He tried to smooth out the crease left in his shirt from packing it.

  他打包时衬衫上留下了一道crease，他想把它抚平。

Fold and crease both name a line left when something is bent or pressed. Fold is neutral and can describe a deliberate, tidy line, like on a folded towel. Crease usually means an unwanted, messy line in cloth or paper.

fold和crease在这个意义上都指物体被折叠或按压后留下的痕迹，用法相近，但crease更常带有“不整齐、意外产生”的意味，而fold更中性，也可以指有意折出的整齐痕迹。这里不比较fold作动词表示“折叠”的用法，也不比较crease作动词表示“使起皱”的用法。