单词 | ruffle |
释义 | ruf·fle 1 (rŭfəl) n. 1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration. 2. A ruff on a bird. 3. An irregularity or a slight disturbance of a surface: the ruffle on the lake. 4. A beating or rustling sound: the ruffle of drums in the distance; the ruffle of a skirt on the floor. v. ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles v.tr. 1. To disturb the smoothness or regularity of; ripple: The wind ruffled the water. 2. a. To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle. b. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example). 3. To erect (the feathers). Used of birds. 4. To discompose or annoy; fluster: a book that is bound to ruffle some people. 5. To flip through (the pages of a book). 6. To shuffle (cards). v.intr. 1. To become irregular or rough: His hair ruffled in the wind. 2. To become annoyed or flustered: What teacher doesn't ruffle when students act up in class? 3. a. To flip through the pages of a book: ruffled through the book until I found the picture. b. To search for something in a container: ruffled in her bag looking for the keys. 4. To make a beating or rustling sound. [From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen.] |
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