roil

verb

/rɔɪl/

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[transitive] (North American English)
(also rile British and North American English)
roil somebody to annoy somebody or make them angry
[intransitive, transitive] (literary) (of a liquid, cloud, surface, etc.) to move quickly and violently in different directions; to make a liquid, cloud, surface, etc. move quickly and violently in different directions
- The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship.
- The clouds roiled above in the dark sky.
- roil something Winds often roil the sea here.
- (figurative) The collapse of the mortgage sector has roiled markets.
- The minister was accused of roiling the political waters.

单词	roil
释义	roil verb /rɔɪl/ /rɔɪl/ jump to other results [transitive] (North American English) (also rile British and North American English) roil somebody to annoy somebody or make them angry [intransitive, transitive] (literary) (of a liquid, cloud, surface, etc.) to move quickly and violently in different directions; to make a liquid, cloud, surface, etc. move quickly and violently in different directions The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship. The clouds roiled above in the dark sky. roil something Winds often roil the sea here. (figurative) The collapse of the mortgage sector has roiled markets. The minister was accused of roiling the political waters.
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