| 释义 |
wim·ple
I. \ˈwimpəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English wimpel, from Old English; akin to Old Saxon wimpal veil, banner, Middle Dutch wimpel veil, banner, wimple, Old English wīpian to wipe — more at wipe
1. : a cloth covering for the neck and the sides of the face that is pinned to the hair, a band, or a hat and worn especially by women in the late medieval period and by nuns
2. Scotland
a. : a crafty turn : twist
b. : curve, bend
3. Britain : ripple
 [wimple 1]
II. verb
(wimpled ; wimpled ; wimpling \-p(ə)liŋ\ ; wimples)
Etymology: Middle English wimplen, from wimpel, n.
transitive verb
1. : to cover with or as if with a wimple : veil, wrap
2. : to cause to ripple
< a warm south wind wimpled her fields of golden grain — Cy Warman >
intransitive verb
1. : to fall or lie in folds
2. chiefly Scotland : to follow a curving course (as of a stream) : meander, twist, wind
3. : ripple
< over the little brook which wimpled along below towered an arch — J.R.Lowell >
< a third voice came wimpling and warbling — Virginia Woolf > |