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Ripple Wave Small Water Surface Forms Describe Rɪpl

Front ripple
Pron ['rɪpl]
Back 【RIPPLE】
Throw a stone into still water and watch the ripples spread in rings.
投一块石头到静止的水里,看涟漪荡漾成圈。
【重点词汇】
ripple n. 涟漪 同: wave
Vocab
ripplea small wave on the surface of a liquid

A ripple is a small wave on the surface of something, such as a ripple that forms a ring around the spot where you threw a pebble into the pond.

Ripple can also be a verb. For example, you might see raindrops ripple on top of a puddle. Ripple was first used in the 1670s to describe something that causes a ruffled surface, sort of like how water seems to momentarily gain texture as it's stirred. Ripple later came to describe a very small wave, but you've probably heard of the "ripple effect" in which tiny waves spread, setting off more and more waves.

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