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单词 ruffle
释义
ruffle
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A ruffle a pleated piece of decorative fabric often used as trim on clothes, like the ruffles on a pirate’s shirt. To ruffle is to make someone lose their composure. Argh.
The word ruffle is mysterious, but it might be from the Low German word ruffelen which means "to wrinkle." A ruffle on the bottom of a dress is like a fancy wrinkle. To ruffle someone is to upset them, and they’ll need to get straightened out. Often, this word is used in the expression "ruffle their feathers." Hearing bad news will ruffle most people's feathers. An unruffled person and an unruffled shirt will both be smoother.
WORD FAMILY
ruffle: ruffled, ruffles, ruffling+/ruffled: unruffled
USAGE EXAMPLES
It remains to be seen whether Xi will continue to ruffle feathers in 2017.
The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)
In Mather Brown’s depiction, he’s all bouffant wig and ruffles, encased, it would seem, in an elitist bubble.
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
But in 2016 the upset became the norm, and this year it was the British and American issues of Vogue ruffling feathers.
The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016)
1
1v stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Syn|Hyper
cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate
flow, flux
move or progress freely as if in a stream
2v disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water
Syn|Hyper
mess up, ruffle up, rumple
disarrange
destroy the arrangement or order of
3v twitch or flutter
Syn|Hyper
flick, riffle
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
4v erect or fluff up
the bird ruffled its feathers
Syn|Hyper
fluff
loosen
make less dense
2
1v discompose
This play is going to ruffle some people
She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
Hyper
fluster
cause to be nervous or upset
2v trouble or vex
ruffle somebody's composure
Hyper
annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
3n a noisy fight
Syn|Hyper
affray, disturbance, fray
combat, fight, fighting, scrap
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
3
1n a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
flounce, frill, furbelow
gauffer, goffer
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
jabot
a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt
peplum
a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
adornment
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
2n a high tight collar
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
choker, neck ruff, ruff
fraise
a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
collar, neckband
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
3v pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle the curtain fabric
Syn|Hyper
pleat
fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
4
v mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
mix, shuffle
reshuffle
shuffle again
riffle
shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
cut
divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
manipulate
hold something in one's hands and move it
5
v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
Syn|Hyper
cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
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