Ripple
['rɪp(ə)l] or ['rɪpl]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:洛丽塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Purl.
n. Rimple, undulation, little wave.
錄入:玛格
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:米考伯
例句/造句/用法:
- Those deep gray eyes rather near together--and the delicate irregular nose with a sort of ripple in it--and all the powdered curls hanging backward. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It was as though you had thrown a stone and the stone made a ripple and the ripple returned roaring and toppling as a tidal wave. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Sometimes, What was that ripple? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- In outlining a ripple they have forgotten the tides. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Not the faintest suggestion of a ripple marred its shining surface. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There was no wind to make a ripple on the foul water within the harbour, or on the beautiful sea without. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Earthly joys and hopes and sorrows Break like ripples on the strand Of the deep and solemn river Where her willing feet now stand. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- If we throw a pebble into a quiet pool (Fig. 90), waves or ripples form and spread out in all directions, gradually dying out as they become more and more distant from the pebble. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- One after another, the voices of business or pleasure died away; all on the boat were sleeping, and the ripples at the prow were plainly heard. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- If a pebble is thrown into a quiet pool, it creates ripples or waves which spread outward in all directions, but which soon die out, leaving the pool again placid and undisturbed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- If the water in a pond is absolutely still, we get a clear, true image of the trees, but if there are ripples on the surface, the reflection is blurred and distorted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The tiny ripples of the lake were warm and clear, they lifted their boat on to the bank, and looked round with joy. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The poor bleeding heart was still, at last, and the river rippled and dimpled just as brightly as if it had not closed above it. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Smiles rippled continuously over his fat face. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As it was given, the significant smile again rippled across Moore's quiet face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Let the heart swell into what discord it will, thus plays the rippling water on the prow of the ferry-boat ever the same tune. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She moved her head under his hand and smiled up at him and he felt the thick but silky roughness of the cropped head rippling between his fingers. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It comes of flowing on so quiet, and of that there rippling at the boat's head making a sort of a Sunday tune. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Mary had recovered, and she spoke with a suppressed rippling under-current of laughter pleasant to hear. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The rippling of the river seemed to cause a correspondent stir in his uneasy reflections. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling, in the sun-light. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
編輯:奥尔加