单词 | riffle |
释义 | riffle /rif"euhl/, v. , riffled, riffling, n. v.t. , v.i. 1. to turn hastily; flutter and shift: to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book. 2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together. 3. to cause or become a riffle. n. 4. a rapid, as in a stream. 5. a ripple, as upon the surface of water. 6. Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum. 7. a hopper for distributing bulk material. 8. the act or method of riffling cards. [1630-40; b. RIPPLE1 and RUFFLE1] |
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