| 词汇 | ruffle |
| 释义 | ruffle verb uk /ˈrʌf.əl/ us /ˈrʌf.əl/ [ T ] to touch or move something smooth so that it is not even: 弄乱；弄皱；使不平整 She affectionately ruffled his hair with her hand as she passed.她从他身边走过时，亲昵地伸手拂乱了他的头发。 The birds ruffled their feathers(up) in alarm.鸟惊恐地竖起了羽毛。 [ Toften passive ] to annoy or upset someone, or to make someone very nervous: 使生气;使心烦意乱;使紧张 He's easily ruffled by criticism.他受到一点批评都会恼羞成怒。 Making things more or less smooth or straight bunch bunch (something) up coarsen coarsening collapse creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down smoothen You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people sad, shocked and upset Idiomruffle someone's feathers ruffle noun[ C ] uk /ˈrʌf.əl/ us /ˈrʌf.əl/ a series of small folds made in a piece of cloth or sewn onto it, as decoration褶裥饰边 Paco Navarro/GettyImages Style & appearance of clothes aesthetic alterable anti-fur Aran backless floor-length flouncy foppishly form-fitting French tuck ready-to-wear reversible ribbed ribby ruche voluminously voop neck waisted washable wasp waist ruffle | American Dictionaryruffle verb us/ˈrʌf·əl/ ruffleverb (MAKE UPSET)[ I/T ] to make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence: [ T ]It ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond. ruffleverb (MAKE UNEVEN)[ T ] to make something that is smooth uneven: A sudden, strong breeze ruffled the women’s skirts in the stands. Idiomruffle (someone's) feathers ruffle noun[ C ] us/ˈrʌf·əl/ rufflenoun[C] (FOLD)a series of small folds made in a piece of cloth or sewn into it as decoration: lace ruffles Examples of ruffleruffle Leading lamellae were frequently observed and it was often possible to identify ruffling edges. The shirts can be ruffled or button-down, worn with vests or abandoned altogether for soft but sleeveless sweater tops. In and of itself the normative critique ruffles relatively few liberal feathers. I dare say we shall again get the familiar ruffled surface and the usual disagreeable snags. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, perhaps one might have felt a tiny bit ruffled that the committee's recommendations were not mentioned earlier today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their feelings have been ruffled by what has been going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, local feathers will be ruffled and there will be a great deal of nimbyism, but it is worth pushing on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The feathers under the wings were not ruffled at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not surprised that in these circumstances some of the students feel ruffled about the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do their best to smooth ruffled feelings and remove a sense of grievance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rehousing could have been done in a way that would have ruffled nobody and have done justice to everybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that that new clause ruffled the feathers of some fairly big birds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether he counts as an ethnic minority, but it seems to have ruffled a few feathers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the whole, we did not become too ruffled, although flustered once or twice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The grant-maintained initiative has probably ruffled more feathers than most others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ruffle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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