| 单词 | ruffle |
| 释义 | ruffle (once / 682 pages) 1v 2vn 3nv 4v 5v A ruffle a pleated piece of decorative fabric often used as trim on clothes, like the ruffles on a pirate’s shirt. To ruffle is to make someone lose their composure. Argh. The word ruffle is mysterious, but it might be from the Low German word ruffelen which means "to wrinkle." A ruffle on the bottom of a dress is like a fancy wrinkle. To ruffle someone is to upset them, and they’ll need to get straightened out. Often, this word is used in the expression "ruffle their feathers." Hearing bad news will ruffle most people's feathers. An unruffled person and an unruffled shirt will both be smoother. WORD FAMILYruffle: ruffled, ruffles, ruffling+/ruffled: unruffled USAGE EXAMPLESIt remains to be seen whether Xi will continue to ruffle feathers in 2017. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) In Mather Brown’s depiction, he’s all bouffant wig and ruffles, encased, it would seem, in an elitist bubble. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But in 2016 the upset became the norm, and this year it was the British and American issues of Vogue ruffling feathers. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1v stir up (water) so as to form ripples Syn|Hyper cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate flow, flux move or progress freely as if in a stream 2v disturb the smoothness of ruffle the surface of the water Syn|Hyper mess up, ruffle up, rumple disarrange destroy the arrangement or order of 3v twitch or flutter Syn|Hyper flick, riffle displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 4v erect or fluff up 2the bird ruffled its feathers Syn|Hyper fluff loosen make less dense 1v discompose This play is going to ruffle some people She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues Hyper fluster cause to be nervous or upset 2v trouble or vex ruffle somebody's composure Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 3n a noisy fight 3Syn|Hyper affray, disturbance, fray combat, fight, fighting, scrap the act of fighting; any contest or struggle 1n a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim Syn|Hypo|Hyper flounce, frill, furbelow gauffer, goffer an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats jabota ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt pepluma flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse adornment a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness 2n a high tight collar Syn|Hypo|Hyper choker, neck ruff, ruff fraise a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century collar, neckband a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over 3v pleat or gather into a ruffle 4ruffle the curtain fabric Syn|Hyper pleat fold, fold up, turn up bend or lay so that one part covers the other v mix so as to make a random order or arrangement 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper mix, shuffle reshuffle shuffle again riffleshuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix cutdivide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others Syn|Hyper cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps |
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