| 释义 |
Verb: ruffle rúful- Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- ripple, riffle, cockle, undulate - Trouble or vex
"ruffle somebody's composure" - To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- tittup, swagger, prance, strut, sashay [N. Amer], cock - Discompose
"This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" - Twitch or flutter
- flick, riffle - Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- shuffle, mix - Erect or fluff up
"the bird ruffled its feathers"
- fluff - Disturb the smoothness of
"ruffle the surface of the water"
- ruffle up, rumple, mess up - Pleat or gather into a ruffle
"ruffle the curtain fabric"
- pleat
Noun: ruffle rúful- A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- frill, flounce, furbelow - A high tight collar
- choker, ruff, neck ruff - A noisy fight
- affray, disturbance, fray
Derived forms: ruffled, ruffles, ruffling Type of: adornment, annoy, bother, chafe, collar, combat, devil, disarrange, displace, fight, fighting, flow, fluster, flux, fold, fold up, get at, get to, gravel [US], irritate, loosen, manipulate, move, nark [Brit], neckband, nettle, rag, rile, scrap, turn up, vex, walk Encyclopedia: Ruffle |