单词 | roil |
释义 | roil I. transitive verb 1. a. < something of the rubbery aspect of fish seen under roiled water — John McCarten > < looked down into the roiled wine — Lionel Trilling > b. < fine white marl which becomes … roiled by the waves — S.E.Morison > < activities … certain to keep American politics roiled — Douglass Adair > 2. < she's trying to be clever … don't let her roil you — Frances G. Patton > intransitive verb 1. < the clouds roiled up about the dome again and hid it — W.A.Dorrance > < the chatter of that busy little beck as it roiled over its shallows — T.B.Costain > 2. < the air roiled and eddied in the heat — Richard Thruelsen & Elliot Arnold > < floods from … roiling gullies — Time > Synonyms: see irritate II. 1. < feeling the roil of waters on the flanks, the dangerous turbulence — Richard Eberhart > 2. < the river showed steely roils of slick water — H.L.Davis > III. dialect England |
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