ripple

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/    美 /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
    — I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
  2. An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
  3. thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon) dialectal,historical
  4. One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
    — The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
  5. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
  6. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
    — I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.
  7. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
  8. A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action. figuratively
    — Investments in research, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have to build to a groundswell of further action.
动词 v.
  1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. intransitive
  2. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze transitive
    — An horsemans javelin[…]having slightly rippled the skinne of his left arme, pierced within his short ribs.
  3. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
  4. To propagate like a moving wave. intransitive
    — These problems were complicated by a foreign exchange crunch which rippled through the economy in 1961-1962, […]
  5. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. intransitive
  6. To shape into a series of ripples. transitive
  7. To launch or unleash in rapid succession. transitive
    — Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.

词形变化

ripples plural ripples present,singular,third-person rippling participle,present rippled participle,past rippled past ripples present,singular,third-person rippling participle,present rippled participle,past rippled past ripples plural reeple alternative riple alternative ripples present,singular,third-person rippling participle,present rippled participle,past rippled past reeple alternative riple alternative ripples plural

词汇关系

衍生词
aripple equiripple intraripple megaripple nanoripple raspberry ripple ripple box ripple carry ripple effect rippleless ripple mark rippler ripple strip ripplet ripple voltage ripplon ripply unrippled

词源

词源 1
From an alteration of rimple.
词源 2
From Middle English *ripelen, repulen, equivalent to rip + -le (frequentative suffix).
词源 3
Compare German Low German Repel, Dutch repel, German Riffel, extended forms (with instrumental or diminutive -le) of Low German Repe (“ripple”), Dutch repe (“ripple”). Compare also Dutch repen, German reffen, Swedish repa (“to beat; ripple”).
The verb is from Middle English ripplen, rypelen. Compare Low German repelen, Dutch repelen, German riffeln.
词源 4
Dialectal form of thripple.
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