| 释义 |
ruffle up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  ruffle up - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"rumple, mess up, ruffledisarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" |
Translations
ruffle up
ruffle up (something)To mess up the smooth surface of something by making individual parts stand on end. A noun or pronoun can also be used between "ruffle" and "up." The cat really hates it if you ruffle up its fur by stroking it back to front. My uncle always ruffles my hair up when he sees me.See also: ruffle, upruffle something upto raise something, such as feathers, up or outward. The bird ruffled its feathers up and started to preen. It ruffled up its feathers.See also: ruffle, upruffle upv. To make some surface less smooth by partially lifting the individual parts that make up that surface: The wind ruffled up the bird's feathers. Don't ruffle my hair up.See also: ruffle, upruffle up
Synonyms for ruffle upverb disturb the smoothness ofSynonymsRelated Words |