roil

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. transitive
    — to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
  2. To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord. transitive
    — That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.
  3. To bubble, seethe. intransitive
    — By noon, Brian's stomach had begun to roil and knot. He hurried down to the bathroom at the end of the hall in his stocking feet, closed the door, and vomited into the toilet bowl as quietly as he could.
  4. To romp or tumble. intransitive
    — The finale was a romp in which the entire troupe burst out of the bouldering cave and roiled along the walls.

词形变化

roils present,singular,third-person roiling participle,present roiled participle,past roiled past

词汇关系

衍生词
roiler roilsome roily unroiled

词源

Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)
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