Ruffle

['rʌf(ə)l] or ['rʌfl]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

編輯:利拉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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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同義詞及近義詞：

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

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Wrinkle, roughen, dis, compose, disturb, agitate, disorder, derange,disarrange, confute, excite

ANT:Smooth, allay, equalize, compose, quiet, arrange,[See REPENT], conciliate

錄入:希莉娅

解釋/意思:

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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