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单词 rumple
释义
rumplerum‧ple /ˈrʌmpəl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINrumple
Origin:
1500-1600 Dutch rompelen
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
rumple
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyrumple
he, she, itrumples
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyrumpled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave rumpled
he, she, ithas rumpled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad rumpled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill rumple
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have rumpled
Continuous Form
PresentIam rumpling
he, she, itis rumpling
you, we, theyare rumpling
PastI, he, she, itwas rumpling
you, we, theywere rumpling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been rumpling
he, she, ithas been rumpling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been rumpling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be rumpling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been rumpling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A rumpled bed is wedged behind the seats.
  • And he liked her like this, when she was rumpled with sleep and undefended by make-up.
  • He wore an expensive-looking dark suit, but so creased and rumpled that it hung oddly even from this distance.
  • My inappropriate clothes, my rumpled yen, even the wobbly fusuma all seemed to signal how out of place I was.
  • She felt a fool, lying on the floor with her skirt rumpled over her knees.
  • The white sheet was rumpled from her restless tossing, her book flung to the floor.
  • Unlike the rest of us, he was not wearing a rumpled flight suit.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorperson/clothes/hair
British /messy American someone who is untidy does not keep their clothes, hair etc neatly arranged: · The little children were dirty and untidy, but very happy.· Her hair was messy and her lipstick was smudged.· He was comically tall and thin with a long growth of untidy beard.
also look a mess British informal to look very untidy: · I can't go out looking like this - I'm a mess.· When the police called, I had just got up, and my hair looked a mess.
British someone who is scruffy is wearing old, untidy clothes: · My parents think I look scruffy in these jeans, but I like them.scruffy clothes/jeans/sweater etc: · She's wearing that scruffy old sweater again.
extremely untidy and careless, and often dirty: · Their landlady was fat and slovenly.· The aide was hired to keep the governor's slovenly brother out of the public eye.
informal someone who is extremely untidy but does not seem to care that they are: · Jo's such a slob - how can you live like that?· If you keep dressing like a slob, no one's ever going to ask you for a date.
especially written someone whose clothes or hair are unkempt , has made no effort to try to look clean or tidy: · Hoskins beard was tangled and unkempt.· She used to dress so neatly, but now her hair and clothes had become unkempt and dirty.
British /disheveled American someone who is dishevelled has untidy hair and clothes, often because they have been in a hurry, or have been travelling or working hard: · He looked dusty, disheveled, and very tired.· The actress was found disheveled and confused in a Los Angeles back yard.· She was conscious of her rather dishevelled appearance.
someone who is bedraggled looks untidy, especially because they are wet or muddy: · A rather bedraggled crowd waited outside in the pouring rain.· The children walked along the path, looking miserable and bedraggled after the storm.
if clothes are rumpled , they have lots of creases in them and they look untidy. (Creases are lines where something has been folded.): · Forman was wearing a rumpled sweatsuit and a three-day beard.· Her dress was as rumpled as if she'd slept in it.
to make hair, clothes etc less tidy:  He rumpled her hair playfully.rumpled adjective:  the slightly rumpled bed a rumpled linen suit
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