| 单词 | to roil the waters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto roil the waters 1. transitive. To make (water) turbid or muddy by stirring up sediment. Frequently figurative or in figurative contexts, now esp. in to roil the waters and variants. Cf. rile v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)] > render thick with sediment roil1590 bepuddle1642 rile1823 1590 J. Greenwood Answere Giffords Def. 10 You..haue nothing to say, if not to royle the doctrines..with your feete, least others should drinke therof. 1616 T. Scott Christs Politician 8 Beasts of the fielde doe trouble the water, and roile it with their feete. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 128 Though the devil throws the stone, yet 'tis the mud in us which royles our comforts. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 95 The State was not very much roiled with Faction. 1771 J. Adams Diary 22 Aug. (1961) II. 50 His Imagination is disturbed—his Passions all roiled. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 245 I could dip up a pailful without roiling it. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 378/2 His nature was not always serene and pellucid; it was sometimes roiled by the currents that counter and cross in all of us. 1930 H. M. Tomlinson All our Yesterdays v. vii. 456 Life in Amiens had been too deeply roiled. Any draught of its sin was compensatingly poisoned. 1941 Utah: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) (1945) 357 Storms roil it [sc. the Weber River] heavily, and when the river is at its chocolated best anglers report that the fish get stuck in the mud. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 207 Despite the Ming intention to roil no waters, he became involved in a dispute. 2000 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. s1/1 But Malchow [sc. an Olympic swimmer] felt oddly nervous after his warm-up, his stomach churning like the water that he roils with his rapacious windmilling stroke. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Feb. a11/5 People turn to Internet discussion groups, blogs and other communications tools..as they sort out with others the change roiling the world around them. < as lemmas |
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