英语词汇“roil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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(rɔɪl)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense roils, present participle roiling, past tense, past participle roiled

1. verb

If water roils, it is rough and disturbed.

[mainly US]

The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall. [VERB]

2. verb

Something that roils a state or situation makes it disturbed and confused.

Times of national turmoil generally roil a country's financial markets. [VERB noun]

roil in British English

(rɔɪl)

verb

1. (transitive)

to make (a liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up dregs or sediment

2. (intransitive)

(esp of a liquid) to be agitated or disturbed

3. (intransitive) dialect

to be noisy or boisterous

4. (transitive) another word (now rare) for rile (sense 1)

Word origin

C16: of unknown origin; compare rile

roil in American English

(rɔɪl)

verb transitive

to make (a liquid) cloudy, muddy, or unsettled by stirring up the sediment

to stir up; agitate

to make angry or irritable; rile

verb intransitive

to be agitated

Word origin

Fr rouiller < OFr rouil, roille, rust, mud, ult. < L robigo, rust, akin to ruber, red

Examples of 'roil' in a sentence
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The telltale metallic odor of Free Magic that left a sour taste in Lirael's mouth and throat and made her stomach roil and heave.The tenure committee meets in less than a month, and though I don't foresee any difficulty, we shouldn't roil the waters just now.Ahead on the horizon she could see a distant roil of smoke, such as marked the battle plain where Evandar and his brother often met.Even the greasy smell of food from the food stands and nearby restaurants was making my stomach roil.

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释义	Trends of roil View usage for: roil (rɔɪl) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense roils, present participle roiling, past tense, past participle roiled 1. verb If water roils, it is rough and disturbed. [mainly US] The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall. [VERB] 2. verb Something that roils a state or situation makes it disturbed and confused. Times of national turmoil generally roil a country's financial markets. [VERB noun] roil in British English (rɔɪl) verb 1. (transitive) to make (a liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up dregs or sediment 2. (intransitive) (esp of a liquid) to be agitated or disturbed 3. (intransitive) dialect to be noisy or boisterous 4. (transitive) another word (now rare) for rile (sense 1) Word origin C16: of unknown origin; compare rile roil in American English (rɔɪl) verb transitive 1. to make (a liquid) cloudy, muddy, or unsettled by stirring up the sediment 2. to stir up; agitate 3. to make angry or irritable; rile verb intransitive 4. to be agitated Word origin Fr rouiller < OFr rouil, roille, rust, mud, ult. < L robigo, rust, akin to ruber, red Examples of 'roil' in a sentence roil The telltale metallic odor of Free Magic that left a sour taste in Lirael's mouth and throat and made her stomach roil and heave. Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001) The tenure committee meets in less than a month, and though I don't foresee any difficulty, we shouldn't roil the waters just now. Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2001) Ahead on the horizon she could see a distant roil of smoke, such as marked the battle plain where Evandar and his brother often met. Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001) Even the greasy smell of food from the food stands and nearby restaurants was making my stomach roil. Terrence Chen SONS OF HEAVEN (2001)
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