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单词 tousle
释义 tou·sle
I. verb
also tou·sel or tou·zle or tow·zle or tow·sle \ˈtau̇zəl\
(tousled ; tousled ; tousling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; tousles)
Etymology: Middle English touselen, from -tousen to touse + -len -le
transitive verb
1. : to disorder by rough handling : dishevel
 < stood before the mirror arranging her hair which had been tousled by the wind — Thomas Wolfe >
2. : to indulge in tussling or horseplay with : pull or drag here and there
intransitive verb
: to throw things into disorder : become disheveled
 < full-cut hair tousles over his forehead and sideburns frame his … face — Time >
II. \“, in sense 1 ˈtüzəl\ noun
(-s)
1. Scotland : rough dalliance : tussle
2. : a tangled mass : disordered state
 < tousle of auburn curls — J.W.Vandercook >
 < the church … surrounded by a tousle of half-grown pines — Ruth Park >
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