| 单词 | ripple |
| 释义 | ripple (once / 544 pages) 1nv 2n A ripple is a small wave on the surface of something, such as a ripple that forms a ring around the spot where you threw a pebble into the pond. Ripple can also be a verb. For example, you might see raindrops ripple on top of a puddle. Ripple was first used in the 1670s to describe something that causes a ruffled surface, sort of like how water seems to momentarily gain texture as it's stirred. Ripple later came to describe a very small wave, but you've probably heard of the "ripple effect" in which tiny waves spread, setting off more and more waves. WORD FAMILYripple: rippled, ripples, rippling+/rippling: ripplings USAGE EXAMPLESGovernors typically use the speech to outline their priorities and introduce new programs and initiatives, sending ripples cascading across the state. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “It’s like the ripple in the pond,’’ Banner said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) That’s when he met up with Big Tree Farms co-founder Ben Ripple, who was working in Bali. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a small wave on the surface of a liquid Syn|Hyper riffle, rippling, wavelet moving ridge, wave one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 2v stir up (water) so as to form ripples Syn|Hyper cockle, riffle, ruffle, undulate flow, flux move or progress freely as if in a stream 3v flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise 2Syn|Hyper babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle gurgle make sounds similar to gurgling water go, sound make a certain noise or sound n (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value Hyper oscillation, vibration (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean |
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