Ripple

['rɪp(ə)l] or ['rɪpl]

解释:

(noun.) a small wave on the surface of a liquid.

(noun.) (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value.

(verb.) stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

(verb.) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; 'babbling brooks'.

校对:洛丽塔--From WordNet

解释:

(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

(v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.

(v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.

(v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.

(v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.

(n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.

(n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.

(n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.

(n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.

手打:劳里

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Purl.

n. Rimple, undulation, little wave.

录入:玛格

解释:

v.t. to pluck the seeds from stalks of flax by drawing them through an iron comb.—n. the comb for rippling.—n. Ripp′ler an apparatus for rippling flax.

n. the light fretting of the surface of water: a little curling wave.—v.t. to cause a ripple in.—v.i. to curl on the surface as running water.—ns. Ripp′le-barr′el a drum used in theatres; Ripp′le-grass the rib-grass; Ripp′le-mark a mark produced on sand at the bottom by the gentle flow of water: (geol.) the mark left on a sea-beach by receding waves and left impressed on the surface of rocks.—adj. Ripp′le-marked.—ns. Ripp′let a small ripple: rippling: an eddy; Ripp′ling an eddy caused by conflicting currents or tides—also adj.—adv. Ripp′lingly.—adj. Ripp′ly rippling.

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