Ruffle
['rʌf(ə)l] or ['rʌfl]
解释:
(verb.) pleat or gather into a ruffle; 'ruffle the curtain fabric'.
(verb.) disturb the smoothness of; 'ruffle the surface of the water'.
(verb.) erect or fluff up; 'the bird ruffled its feathers'.
(verb.) trouble or vex; 'ruffle somebody's composure'.
(verb.) discompose; 'This play is going to ruffle some people'; 'She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues'.
编辑:利拉--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
(v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
(v. t.) To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
(v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
(v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
(v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
(v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.
(v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.
(v. i.) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
(v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
(v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
(v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
(v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
(v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
(v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
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同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Disarrange, damage, disorder.[2]. Discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate.[3]. Gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker.
n. [1]. Ruff, frill, edging.[2]. Bustle, disturbance, commotion, confusion, perturbation, flutter, flurry, agitation, fluster, hurry-scurry.
整理:保罗
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Wrinkle, roughen, dis, compose, disturb, agitate, disorder, derange,disarrange, confute, excite
ANT:Smooth, allay, equalize, compose, quiet, arrange,[See REPENT], conciliate
录入:希莉娅
解释:
v.t. to make like a ruff to wrinkle: to form into plaits: to form with ruffles: to disorder: to agitate.—v.i. to grow rough: to flutter.—n. annoyance: a quarrel: a plaited article of dress: a tumult: agitation.—adj. Ruff′led.—ns. Ruff′lement; Ruff′ler a machine for making ruffles; Ruff′ling ruffles generally.—Ruffle one's feathers to make one angry.
v.i. to act turbulently: to swagger.—v.t. to bully.—n. Ruff′ler a bully.
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例句:
- Unless I have done anything,' said Little Dorrit, rather alarmed, and meaning anything calculated to crack varnish and ruffle surface. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Snakes act on the same principle which makes the hen ruffle her feathers and expand her wings when a dog approaches her chickens. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- To do him justice, he would have shared his prize with her to whom he owed itbut that was never allowed: to insist, was to ruffle her for the evening. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The fact is, that Roylands' admiration of the portrait seemed to ruffle Caliphronas very much, and quite altered his usual nonchalance of manner. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Cheerfulness and alertness seemed to return to him, and a quietness which no insult or injury could ruffle seemed to possess him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- They leave Mr. Tulkinghorn, without a ruffle on the surface of his unfathomable depths, drinking his old wine, and go down into the streets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- An exhausted composure, a worn-out placidity, an equanimity of fatigue not to be ruffled by interest or satisfaction, are the trophies of her victory. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In this sign I read a ruffled mood. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Don't be ruffled by your occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Madame's brow had not been ruffled during the scene--her lips had not dropped one sharply-accented word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He had the special peculiarity of some birds of prey, that when he knitted his brow, his ruffled crest stood highest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She said it so finally, and in such an undiscussible way, that Mr. Pumblechook, though in a condition of ruffled dignity, could not protest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Tucking, ruffling, braiding, cording, hemming, turning, plaiting, gaging, and other attachment devices are numerous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The person who works the lace of a pair of fine ruffles for example, will sometimes raise the value of, perhaps, a pennyworth of flax to ?30 sterling. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- More elation and more anxiety; an excitement that steals the hours away fast, and a trouble that ruffles their course. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He sat on a bench, with his hoops and ruffles and high powdered head, his point laced lappets, &c. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
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