| 单词 | tousle |
| 释义 | tousle (once / 9359 pages) v To tousle is to mess up. The disadvantage of riding in a flashy red convertible is that the wind might tousle your careful hairdo. This old verb with a solid English pedigree has earned the right to only a part-time job after its 600 years of service to the language. Though it means "to make untidy," it's a rare writer these days who applies it to anything but hair — and then usually only by way of the adjective tousled. The origin is Germanic, and tousle is closely related to both tussle and tease. WORD FAMILYtousle: tousled, tousles, tousling USAGE EXAMPLESHe watched her stamp her foot to keep the beat, her tousled hair waving back and forth. Seattle Times(Nov 25, 2016) He patted the heads of some, as he passed by, said a cordial word or two to them, tousled their hair, without condescension. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) He stooped a bit and gave me a hug, then tousled my hair. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) v disarrange or rumple; dishevel The strong wind tousled my hair Syn|Hyper dishevel, tangle disarrange destroy the arrangement or order of |
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