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

单词

riffle

释义

verb intrans

(often + through) to leaf or thumb rapidly or cursorily

riffle through files

verb trans

to ruffle (something) slightly

The wind riffled the water

to leaf through (something) rapidly, esp; specif to leaf through (e.g. a pile of papers) by running a thumb over the edges of the leaves

to shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and running the thumbs over the edges of the cards to interleave them

to search through (something) rapidly

[perhaps alteration of ruffle¹]

an instance of riffling

the act or an instance of riffling

the sound of shuffling or leafing through something

NAmer a shallow stretch of rough water in a stream

NAmer a ripple on water

a series of blocks, rails, etc laid on the bottom of a sluice to form grooves to catch and retain a mineral, e.g. gold

a groove formed in this way

[prob from riffle²]

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